Imagine that you hear about a study in which a researcher shows young infants pictures of smiling faces over and over again until they are bored, and then shows them a picture of a frowning face. You recognize this as a habituation method that you learned about in Psych 101 and infer that this researcher is trying to test:
a. whether young infants prefer smiling faces over frowning faces
b. whether young infants can distinguish between smiling and frowning faces
c. the level of emotional intelligence of young infants
d. the rate at which young infants can associate particular objects with smiling versus frowning faces
Ans: b. whether young infants can distinguish between smiling and frowning faces
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