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Infants Were Initially Habituated to the Category "Vehicles" by Being

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Infants were initially habituated to the category "vehicles" by being shown images of different cars and trucks. Following this, they were shown a picture of a school bus next to a picture of an apple. Based on your knowledge of how infants form categories for different objects, which of the following statements would best illustrate how infants would respond?


A) They would look less at the school bus relative to the apple because it does not look like the cars and trucks they encountered before.
B) They would look more at the school bus relative to the apple because it does not look like the cars and trucks they had seen before.
C) They would look less at the school bus compared to the apple, having grouped the bus as a type of vehicle.
D) They would look less at the school bus compared to the apple, because they have more experiences with apples than unfamiliar school buses.
E) They would look more at the school bus relative to the apple because they would recognize it as being part of the vehicle category.

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