Abigail is an infant who crawls over to a box of toys that has 10 items and ignores the box of toys that only has five items. A core knowledge theorist would conclude that Abigail ______.
A) has early knowledge of numbers
B) is experiencing violation-of-expectation
C) is capable of tertiary circular reactions
D) has reached the stage of mental representation

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A core knowledge theorist would conclude that Abigail has early knowledge of numbers because she is able to differentiate between the box with 10 toys and the box with five toys. Her ability to distinguish between the two boxes indicates some level of numerical understanding.

Abigail Is an Infant Who Crawls Over to a Box