Four-month-old Barry is shown an orange circle. He looks at it for eight seconds. Upon successive showings, Barry's interest falls with each repeated trial until he looks for only two seconds

When a purple circle is substituted, Barry looks at the object for nine seconds. From this
test, one may conclude that Barry
A) prefers the color purple over the color orange.
B) is able to discern the difference between orange and purple.
C) is unable to discern the difference between orange and purple.
D) prefers the color orange over the color purple.


B

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