What Do Evolutionary Theorists Do, with Respect to Cognitive Abilities

question 87

Multiple Choice

What do evolutionary theorists do, with respect to cognitive abilities?

• A)They assert that abilities which are prewired will be less prone to habituation or dishabituation.
• B)They suggest that infants attend more to novel events because these events require more time for perceptual processing.
• C)They strive to understand the adaptive significance of abilities that appear to be prewired.
• D)They attempt to find out which abilities are prewired, without making any assumptions about why these abilities might be innate.

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