Quinn et al.(1993) examined the abilities of 3- and 4-month-old infants.After looking at a series of photographs of cats, the infants were shown two new photos, one of a cat and one of a dog.They looked longer at the photograph of the dog.This indicated that infants this age __________.

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The infants' ability to look longer at the photograph of the dog suggests that they were able to categorize the dog as something different from the cats they had already seen. This indicates that infants this age are capable of categorization. The study did not provide evidence for the infants' preferences between cats and dogs or their level of familiarity with dogs.

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