According to Your Text, Species-Typical Behaviors or Species-Typical Patterns of Cognition

question 31

Multiple Choice

According to your text, species-typical behaviors or species-typical patterns of cognition are:

• A) behaviors and cognitive strategies rooted in biogenetic determinism.
• B) those behaviors or aspects of cognition which seem to have a strong biological basis and to typify all members of a species at some time in their development.
• C) same as the old adage "birds of a feather flock together."
• D) are only seen in lower animal forms but not in humans.

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