Kellman and Spelke (1983) showed 4-month-old infants a display of a rod, partially occluded behind a box. What was the purpose of this experiment?
A) To determine whether infants would preferentially gaze at edges of objects.
B) To determine if infants would perceive the occluded rod as one piece or two pieces.
C) To determine if infants would perceive subjective contours of the rod.
D) To determine if infants would show viewpoint invariance.
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