Jasper is 4 months old and was a subject in a research study. He was shown pictures of flowers repeatedly, then the researcher showed him a picture of a cow. Jasper looked longer at the picture of the cow than he did to the last flower picture. The researcher can conclude that Jasper ______.

A. assimilated to the picture of the cow
B. categorized the flowers and the cow
C. preferred pictures of cows over flowers
D. had seen a picture of a cow before


Answer: B

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