The Text Describes an Experiment Where 3- and 5-Year-Old Children

question 149

Multiple Choice

The text describes an experiment where 3- and 5-year-old children were shown two objects that were identical except one was red and the other was blue. The children were then given one of the objects that was inside a tube so the child could feel, but not see, it. This experiment is one that was devised to test the concept of:

• A) animism
• B) the mountain problem
• C) the theory of mind
• D) automaticity

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