How does one assess an infant's grasp of object permanence?

a. Give a baby a new object, something he has never seen before, and observe how he plays with it. b. Remove an object from a baby's view and observe whether or not the baby pursues the object.
c. Take an object away from a baby and place it among two or three other objects. See if the baby can select the familiar object.
d. Tell the baby "bye­bye" and then see if he/she waves bye­bye to you.


b

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A. skewing B. polluting C. confounding D. biasing

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a. dysthymic disorder b. negative schizophrenia c. antisocial personality disorder d. major depression

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__________ is the smallest pattern that can be visually distinguished dependably

a. Visual perception c. Retinal disparity b. Depth perception d. Visual acuity

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