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The best example of a biological predisposition to learning is __________

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The question is incomplete, the complete question is as follwoing:

The best example of a biological predisposition to learning is which of the following?

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  1. Little Susie gets in her toy car and imitates the way her mother drives a real car.
  2. By using shaping techniques, a researcher can teach a chicken to play tic-tac-toe.
  3. After David got sick from eating sushi from the deli, he became nauseous whenever he thought of eating sushi.
  4. Rats can learn to run complex mazes even without food rewards present.
  5. After getting kicked by a mule, Dana developed a fear of not only donkeys but also horses.

Answer: 3.

Step-by-step explanation:

A Biological Predisposition is defined as an increased risk of behavioral cahnges in contracting a disease or behavioural pattern based on the genes we have inherited from our ancestors (and ancestors). Genes affect our IQ, personality traits, risk of cancer and even our chances of being an alcoholic.

Biological prediposition may limit the capacity of an animal to modify the operant; animals are biologically predisposed to learn naturally adaptive associations.

Henec, the correct option is 3.

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