Using a task in which an infant moved a mobile by kicking, it was demonstrated that over the first 18 months of life:
A) memory is good and relatively stable
B) children cannot remember anything
C) children fail to see a relationship between kicking and mobile movement
D) children develop the ability to remember an event for several weeks

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The task described demonstrates that infants do develop the ability to remember an event for several weeks, as their ability to see the relationship between kicking and mobile movement improves with age. This suggests that memory is developing and improving over the first 18 months of life. Option A is incorrect because memory is not stable but rather developing during this period. Option B is incorrect as it is well established that infants have memory abilities. Option C is incorrect as the task described was specifically designed to test the relationship between kicking and mobile movement, and the results suggest that infants do eventually develop an understanding of this relationship.

Using a Task in Which an Infant Moved a Mobile