Baby Cloe has been watching a short video of a tall carrot going out behind a screen and coming out the opposite side.After she becomes habituated to this,she is then shown a carrot go behind a cut-out screen.Although Cloe does NOT see the carrot cross through the cut-out portion of the screen,the carrot appears on the opposite side.Cloe has been presented with ___ as part of a/an ___ approach.
A) expected event; object permanence
B) impossible event; object permanence
C) expected event; violation-of-expectation
D) impossible event; violation-of-expectation

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Cloe has been presented with an impossible event, as she did not see the carrot pass through the cut-out portion of the screen but it still appeared on the opposite side. This is part of a violation-of-expectation approach, which presents an event that goes against the infant's expectations and may indicate their understanding of object permanence.

Baby Cloe Has Been Watching a Short Video of a Tall