A Staff Member at a Child Care Center Says to You

Multiple Choice

A staff member at a child care center says to you, "The children at our center range in age from 6 weeks old to 5 years old. I often wonder when their visual perception abilities become fully developed." You can most accurately respond by saying:

A) "They can see as well as you can within 24 hours after birth."
B) "Their visual acuity improves dramatically within the first two months and is as good as that of an adult by about eight weeks of age."
C) "Curiously, their eyesight is quite good at about six weeks but then temporarily deteriorates over the next few months as the brain undergoes reorganization."
D) "Visual perception isn't truly adultlike until age 3 or 4, when the visual area of the cortex matures to an adultlike form."