Imprinting Is Most Precisely Defined as the Process by Which

question 20

Multiple Choice

Imprinting is most precisely defined as the process by which

• A) the releasing stimuli of instincts are filled in
• B) animals learn to follow their principal attachment figures
• C) animals learn the environment of adaptedness
• D) both humans and animals learn the objects of later sexual desires

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Definitions:

Pent-2-ene

An unsaturated hydrocarbon with a double bond between the second and third carbon atoms in a five-carbon chain.

Oxetane

A four-membered cyclic ether characterized by an oxygen atom bonded to three carbon atoms.

Hybridization

The concept explaining the bonding in molecules by combining atomic orbitals into new hybrid orbitals suitable for pairing with other atoms.

Dialkyl Ethers

Organic compounds consisting of an oxygen atom bonded to two alkyl groups, often characterized by their ether functional group, R-O-R'.