Which of the following provides evidence that nature, as opposed to nurture, plays an important role in infant perceptual development?
a. Infants are born with a tendency to track moving objects and to scan the horizon.
b. Failure to receive adequate sensory stimulation can result in sensory deficits.
c. Infants who have one eye patched for an extensive period of time may develop impaired visual acuity.
d. none of these
A
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