Question

One-month-old infants were given either a smooth pacifier or one with hard nubs on which to suck. Although they had not seen the pacifier while sucking on it, when given the opportunity to look, the infants stared longer at the type of pacifier that they had sucked on. This shows that they have________

a. repression
b. cross-modal perception
c. inter-sensory sensation
d. dark adaptation

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is cross-modal perception.

Explanation:

Cross-modal perception is a type of perception which involves the interaction between two or more senses. In other words, one sensorial input is associated with another.

In the example, the infants demonstrated cross-modal perception because, even though they could not previously see it, they could recognise the pacifier by associating the texture with its appearance.