When Geese or Ducks Are Imprinted, This Means That They

question 48

Multiple Choice

When geese or ducks are imprinted, this means that they ____.

• A) will return to the place they were born to breed and raise their own young
• B) have become habituated to harmless stimuli
• C) have been experimentally trained by operant conditioning
• D) learned the features of a suitable mate during a critical period
• E) have two nonfunctional copies of a particular gene

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