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Developmental Psychology
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You read in your philosophy class textbook that humans are born “tabula rasa” or “blank slates.” As a student of psychology, which of the following responses would you have?
(A) The statement is incorrect. Humans may be born without reflexes and instincts, but we are born with the ability to learn them.
(B) The statement is correct. Humans are born without instincts or other mechanisms in place to help us survive.
(C) The statement is correct. Humans are born with a certain number of neurons, but most develop later as we learn.
(D) The statement is incorrect. Humans are born with a set of reflexes that help us survive.
(E) The statement is impossible to prove since we cannot infer what babies know or do not know due to their lack of language.
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Answer
(D) The statement is incorrect. Humans are born with a set of reflexes that help us survive.
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Explanation
Humans are born with reflexes that help us nurse and find our mother. We are born with all the neurons we will ever have, and we can observe babies’ behavior and infer what reflexes and abilities babies have.
Posted : 26/02/2024 8:43 am