Recent studies have predicted that children can distinguish between appearance and reality between 3 and 4 years of age. However, in earlier studies, they did not demonstrate this ability. This is most likely because earlier studies:
A. intimidated the children with unfamiliar objects.
B. did not take a representative sample.
C. relied more on verbal responses of the children than their actions.
D. did not objectively distinguish between appearance and reality.
Answer: C
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