According to critics of the nativist view of cognitive development, which is a possible alternative explanation of infants' longer looking times during experiments?
A) Infants' attention may be drawn to perceptual features of the stimulus, rather than reflecting their innate expectations.
B) Infants do not have innate skill but, rather, they learn through experience.
C) Nativists do not account for different habituation rates, which may result in longer looking times.
D) Nativists do not account for the influence of sensory feedback on infant looking behaviors.
E) At early ages, infants have not yet developed an understanding of object permanence.
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