Question 13

(Multiple Choice)

As mentioned in the textbook, infants can imitate facial expressions within the first 36 hours of life. Someone might argue, however, that if that were correct, babies wouldn't cry for unexplained reasons. The skeptic might say that babies would always smile when their adoring parents or care-givers smile at them. Hopefully, you would reply that


A) The point of the study was to show what babies mostly do, not what they always do
B) The point of the study was to show what babies can do, not what they mostly or always do
C) The point of the study was to show that only genetically superior babies smile
D) The point of the study was to show that only genetically superior parents smile

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