In Which of the Following Studies Can We Tell That

question 208

Multiple Choice

In which of the following studies can we tell that the infant is discriminating between stimuli?

• A) The infant relaxes when hearing a specific song because that song was previously paired with relaxation.
• B) The infant sucks longer and harder to hear their mother read a story that they were exposed to prenatally than another story.
• C) An infant doesn't avoid the odour of garlic after prenatal exposure to garlic through the mother's digestion.
• D) The infant copies the facial expression of an adult who is in their visual field.

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