Suppose you show a newborn infant a sequence of 3 cards, each with an image printed on it. The first card consists of a very simple image of a black circle. The second card contains an image of moderate complexity, showing two circles and two squares. The third card contains a highly complex image of several different objects of various shapes, each overlapping the others. Which of these three cards would you expect a newborn to pay attention to for the longest period of time?
A) You should expect that the newborn will pay an equal amount of attention to each of the 3 cards.
B) The newborn will pay most attention to the simple image.
C) The newborn will pay most attention to image of moderate complexity.
D) The newborn will pay most attention to the image of the greatest complexity.

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Research demonstrates that newborns prefer images of moderate complexity over those that are simple or complex. Thus, the newborn would be expected to look longest at the second card with the moderately complex image.

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