Suppose a child in Kim and Spelke's (1992)habituation experiment showed a gradual decrease in looking time when shown ten examples of balls rolling down a plane while accelerating. The child then sees (trial 11)a ball rolling down a plane while decelerating. If the child has grasped the concept of gravity, what will happen to the behavior?
A)they will look longer on trial 10 than on trial 11
B)they will look longer on trial 11 than on trial 10
C)they will look for the same amount of time on both trials 10 and 11
D)not enough information to decide

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If the child has grasped the concept of gravity, they will find the decelerating ball unexpected and novel, leading to increased looking time on trial 11 compared to trial 10.

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