According to the Empiricists, How Do We Acquire the Ability

question 15

Multiple Choice

According to the empiricists, how do we acquire the ability to interpret the world, given the apparent mismatch between distal and proximal stimuli?

• A) This ability is innate.
• B) We must learn to ignore the distal and concentrate on the proximal.
• C) We acquire this ability through association or learning about the relationship between distal and proximal stimuli.
• D) We acquire this ability by ignoring the proximal stimuli and concentrating on distal stimuli.

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