The Ability to Learn Immediately After Birth

question 48

Multiple Choice

The ability to learn immediately after birth

• A) has been demonstrated for classical conditioning but not for habituation.
• B) is important because it keeps infants from getting bored.
• C) respond to the demands of the physical and social world.
• D) is limited to habituation and dishabituation types of learning.

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