Your textbook's summary of infant memory described a research study in which 3-month-old White babies looked repeatedly at one photo, of either a White woman or an Asian woman. Then the babies saw this same photo placed next to a photo of an unfamiliar woman, from the same racial category. What results did the researchers find?
a. If the babies had initially seen a photo of a White woman, they then looked more at the photo of an unfamiliar White woman
b. If the babies had initially seen a photo of a White woman, they then looked less at the photo of an unfamiliar White woman
c. If the babies had initially seen a photo of an Asian woman, they then looked more at the photo of an unfamiliar Asian woman
d. If the babies had initially seen a photo of an Asian woman, they then looked less at the photo of an unfamiliar Asian woman
Answer: a. If the babies had initially seen a photo of a White woman, they then looked more at the photo of an unfamiliar White woman
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