Before about 9 months of age, how are babies likely to treat a picture of a person or an object?
A) They touch or manipulate the picture in ways that reveal confusion about the picture's real nature.
B) They do not seem to have difficulty distinguishing between the symbol and the referent.
C) They use it as a tool to modify an existing mental representation.
D) They treat it as a symbol.

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Before about 9 months of age, babies often touch or manipulate pictures in ways that suggest they are confused about whether the picture is the object it represents or something different. They may try to pick up objects from a page or treat the images as if they were real, indicating they do not yet understand the symbolic nature of pictures.

Before About 9 Months of Age, How Are Babies Likely