Dr. Jones has presented an infant with a succession of black and white paddles with increasingly narrow stripes and increasingly narrow gaps between them. He wants to determine when the infant can no longer distinguish between the striped paddles and a grey one. Dr. Jones is assessing the infant's
A)contrast sensitivity.
B)visual acuity.
C)visual scanning.
D)habituation.

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Dr. Jones is assessing the infant's visual acuity, which is the ability to distinguish fine details and patterns, such as the narrow stripes on the paddles.

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