In class you learned about research in which babies looked at possible and impossible events. This research involved a drawbridge moving up and down with a box shown behind it. Dr. Heyman emphasized the importance of control conditions in this research because:
a. it is possible that babies look longer at surprising events due to reasons other than the fact that they are surprising
b. age differences may result from developments in their perceptual and cognitive systems
c. there are often strong individual differences in which events are preferred by babies
d. it is possible that infants find do not find an event to be surprising because they fail to remember the event at the time of the test
Ans: a. it is possible that babies look longer at surprising events due to reasons other than the fact that they are surprising
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