Jennifer is an infant who has begun to put all the spoons in a pile and all the forks in a pile when her mother is doing dishes. She also will put the toy cars together and the stuffed animals together in boxes in her playroom. Based on what we know about categorization in infants, how old is Jennifer?

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Infants typically begin to categorize objects into groups around 7 to 12 months of age, which is when they start to develop the cognitive ability to perceive similarities and differences between objects. Jennifer's behavior of grouping objects into similar categories suggests that she falls within this age range.

Jennifer Is an Infant Who Has Begun to Put All