Two-month-old Timothy was presented with a picture of a rectangle until he showed habituation of attention. When the rectangle was rotated, the habituation continued. When the shape was changed to a square, however, Timothy showed recovery from habituation. These observations suggest that

a. Timothy appears to perceive the individual sides of the objects.
b. Timothy cannot discriminate between different objects.
c. Timothy's reliance on kinetic cues has matured.
d. Timothy appears to perceive the two objects as different from each other.


D

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