Your sister is concerned that your niece is not going to be a very good student when she goes to school because whenever she shows her something new, your niece only looks at it for a short time. Is she correct?
a. No, infants who are "short-lookers" tend to have higher IQ and educational achievement later.
b. No, infants who are "short-lookers" tend to have higher IQ, but usually do not apply it.
c. Yes, infants who are "short-lookers" have lower IQ and educational achievement later.
d. Yes, infants who are "short-lookers" have lower IQ, but were better at applying themselves.
A. Short-lookers are infants who habituate to new stimuli quickly. Longitudinal studies have found that short-lookers in infancy tend to have higher IQ scores and educational achievement later in development than long-lookers do.
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