In a Recent Habituation Study, Infants Less Than 6 Months

Multiple Choice

In a recent habituation study, infants less than 6 months of age were shown a series of slides, each showing three objects. After habituation had taken place, the infants were shown additional slides, some containing three objects, others containing only two objects. The results indicated that __________.

A) the infants showed renewed interest in the slides containing three objects after they were intermixed with slides showing two objects
B) the infants looked longer at the slides of two objects, indicating that they saw them as novel
C) the infants showed no interest in either of the slides, indicating that the just-noticeable difference for number at this age is greater than one object
D) the infants' looking time was determined by what the objects in the slides were rather than by how many there were