The textbook describes a study in which infants were shown two displays. In one, a screen swung up to occlude a box and then kept rotating until it apparently hit the box and stopped. The other display began the same way, but the screen continued rotating so that it seemed to have passed right through the box. The results were that infants looked __________.
A) away from both displays, appearing bored by the first and scared by the second
B) equally long at both displays
C) longer at the first display (partial rotation) than the second display (full rotation)
D) longer at the second display (full rotation) than the first display (partial rotation)

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The study found that infants looked longer at the second display (full rotation) than the first display (partial rotation). This suggests that they were surprised by the unexpected outcome of the screen passing through the box, indicating that they have some understanding of the physical world and expected objects to behave in certain ways.

The Textbook Describes a Study in Which Infants Were Shown