Six-Month-Old Infants Are Habituated to Repeated Showings of an Experimenter

Multiple Choice

Six-month-old infants are habituated to repeated showings of an experimenter reaching for a ripe banana, which is to the right of a yellow block. After the habituation, the positions of the block and the banana are switched. Most likely, the infants will now expect the experimenter to __________.

A) reach for the block because it is in the same position she had been reaching for all along
B) reach for the block because it is the same color as the banana
C) reach for the banana because it is what she seemed to want all along
D) do nothing because she is confused by the switch