Research in which 12- and 15-month-old infants were introduced to a faceless, eyeless blob suggested that infants are willing to attribute intentions and goals to:
A) virtually any object, animate or inanimate.
B) inanimate objects.
C) inanimate objects if they look like animate objects.
D) inanimate objects if they behave like animate objects.

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The research suggests that infants are willing to attribute intentions and goals to inanimate objects if they behave like animate objects. The faceless, eyeless blob was able to move and interact with the environment like an animate object, which allowed the infants to attribute intentions and goals to it.

Research in Which 12- and 15-Month-Old Infants Were Introduced to a Faceless