Carolyn Rovee-Collier places an infant in a crib underneath an elaborate mobile and ties one end of a ribbon to the baby's ankle and the other end to the mobile.The baby kicks and makes the mobile move.Later the baby is returned to the crib but its foot is not tied to the mobile.The baby kicks,apparently trying to make the mobile move.This demonstrates that infants _____ information.
A)have no memory for perceptual-motor
B)can remember perceptual-motor
C)can understand perceptual-verbal
D)none of these

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This experiment demonstrates that infants can remember a perceptual-motor experience from earlier and try to replicate it, indicating that they have some memory for perceptual-motor information. The other options (A and C) are not supported by this experiment.

Carolyn Rovee-Collier Places an Infant in a Crib Underneath an Elaborate