Abigail is an infant that crawls over to a box of toys that has 10 items and ignores the box of toys that only has five items. What would a core knowledge theorist conclude?

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According to core knowledge theory, infants have innate knowledge about basic concepts such as numbers and Abigail's behavior suggests she has some early knowledge of numbers by selecting the box with 10 items over the one with five.

Answer: D 
 Infants' ability to differentiate between quantities and concepts like numbers shows that they can create mental representations of their environment. Abigail's behavior suggests that she has the ability to mentally represent the quantities of toys in each box.

Abigail Is an Infant That Crawls Over to a Box