Two-month-old Grayson has become habituated to a picture of a car. One week after he became habituated, Grayson took part in a test in which the picture of the car was shown next to a new picture of a truck. Grayson likely preferred to look at ________, demonstrating that infants shift to a ________ preference when a long period of time intervenes between habituation and test phases in research.
A. the car; familiarity
B. the truck; familiarity
C. the car; novelty
D. the truck; novelty
Answer: A
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