Which of the Following Is an Example from Your Text

question 99

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example from your text of an inborn bias?

• A)The fact that all male infants show a propensity toward aggression and female infants are more passive.
• B)The fact that there are more blue-eyed children in the United States than brown-eyed children.
• C)The fact that,universally,children's speech begins with single words before proceeding onto sentences.
• D)The fact that,universally,all children learn to crawl before they learn to walk.

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Definitions:

Habituation

A process by which an animal decreases or stops its response to a repetitive stimulus that does not bring any inherent reward or harm.

Empiricist

A person or theory that emphasizes the role of sensory experience in the formation of ideas, arguing that knowledge comes primarily from experience.

Rene Descartes

A 17th-century French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist who is considered one of the founders of modern philosophy.

George Berkeley

George Berkeley was an Irish philosopher who advanced the theory of immaterialism, arguing that material objects exist only in the mind and through perception.