53. What does the author think is odd about the findings of the study by Victoria Horner and Andrew Whiten?
A) Children irrationally imitated every action of the experimenters.
B) Chimpanzees could tell the transparent box from the opaque one.
C) Chimpanzees could retrieve the treat more quickly than children did.
D) Children omitted the step of tapping on the box with a stick to open it.
（本题出自2023年6月六级真题卷三）
答案&解析：
53.A)
【精析】事实细节题。定位段提到相关的研究过程，指出在该研究中，孩子们即使能够看出某些步骤没有实际的作用，但他们还是无理性地对实验人员演示的步骤进行模仿，故答案为A)。
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