Baby Zoe is participating in an experiment that is testing whether she has a sense of self.What is the likely procedure in this study?
A) She is given motor instructions and scored based on how well she completes the instructions.
B) She and another child are shown the hiding place of some cookies; then, only Zoe watches the cookies get hidden in a different location, and then Zoe is asked where the other child will look for the cookies when they return.
C) She is secretly dabbed on her nose with a spot of red and then shown her image in a mirror.
D) She is shown a scale model of a room that contains a hidden doll and then taken to the real room and scored according to whether she can find the doll.

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The procedure described in option C is a classic test for self-recognition in infants called the mirror test. By applying a red spot to the baby's nose, researchers are checking to see if the baby recognizes the reflection in the mirror as herself and possibly touches or tries to remove the spot. This act suggests that the baby understands that the reflection in the mirror is herself.

Baby Zoe Is Participating in an Experiment That Is Testing