The Study by Langlois and Colleagues in Which Infants Interacted

question 157

Multiple Choice

The study by Langlois and colleagues in which infants interacted with a woman wearing either an attractive face mask or an unattractive face mask demonstrated that infants

• A) cannot perceive differences between attractive and unattractive faces.
• B) were more positive and played more with the woman when she was attractive than when she was unattractive.
• C) don't care whether people are attractive or unattractive; they derive the same amount of pleasure from playing with an attractive or an unattractive person.
• D) were calmer and more attentive when interacting with the woman when she was unattractive than when she was attractive.

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Definitions:

Temporal

Related to time or indicative of the sequence in which events occur.

Visual Cortex

The part of the cerebral cortex involved in processing visual information, located in the occipital lobe of the brain.

Occipital Lobes

The visual processing center of the mammalian brain, located at the back of the head, which is responsible for interpreting visual information.

Frontal Lobes

Regions of the brain located at the front of each cerebral hemisphere, involved in decision making, problem solving, control of purposeful behaviors, consciousness, and emotions.