Newborns Will Produce Certain Facial Expressions Depending on the Taste

question 23

Multiple Choice

Newborns will produce certain facial expressions depending on the taste of the liquid that they are offered.They smile when offered sugar water and frown when offered quinine.This demonstrates that newborns

• A)prefer salty tastes to sour ones.
• B)inherit their mother's taste preferences.
• C)can discriminate between various tastes.
• D)learn to avoid substances that might contain poison.

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