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Overview of the three within-subject conditions.
| Condition | Infants’ expectation | Presence of the non-obvious property |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Target object | Test objects | ||
| Baseline | None | Absent | Absent |
| Predicted | Fulfilled | Present | Present |
| Unpredicted | Violated | Present | Absent |
“Infants’ expectation” summarizes infants’ expectations about the test object in a given condition. Specifically, it refers to whether infants would expect the test object to have the non-obvious property and whether this expectation was met.
