Emilio, an 11-month-old infant, is sitting on the floor in a nearly empty room. On each side of him is a television screen. Every 10 seconds, an interesting picture appears on the screen on his right. The screen on his left remains blank. Emilio is then rotated so that the screen that has been showing the interesting pictures is now on his left. Where will Emilio look in anticipation of the interesting picture?
A) directly in front of him
B) to his left
C) to his right
D) behind him

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Emilio will look to his left because he has learned to associate the location of the screen that was previously on his right (where the interesting pictures appeared) with the appearance of the pictures. When rotated, his learned expectation is that the interesting pictures will appear on the side where the screen is now located, which is his left.

Emilio, an 11-Month-Old Infant, Is Sitting on the Floor in a Nearly