The Understanding That Newborn Ducklings and Goslings Will Imprint Upon

question 42

Multiple Choice

The understanding that newborn ducklings and goslings will imprint upon and follow their mothers immediately after birth came from early work in the field of

• A) ethology.
• B) sociobiology.
• C) ecological theory.
• D) information processing.

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Definitions:

Universal Instantiation

A logical rule stating that if something is true for everything in a certain set, then it is true for any specific thing in that set.

Universal Instantiation

A logical rule of inference that allows the derivation of a particular instance from a general statement, often used in formal proofs.

Universal Generalization

A logical rule that states if something is true for all members of a class, it is true in general.

Quantifier Negation

A logical operation that reverses the scope of a quantifier in a statement, changing its overall truth value.