Which of the following statements regarding newborns' taste preferences is true?
A) Not until at least 12 months do babies prefer a salty taste to plain water.
B) Newborns do not exhibit taste preferences until a few weeks after birth.
C) Prenatal exposure to a flavor can influence taste preferences well into the first year.
D) Newborns do not have taste preferences because they cannot distinguish basic tastes.
Answer: C
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a. ?researchers have not yet linked specific brain regions to various emotional reactions b. ?funding problems have caused many psychology programs to consolidate their departments c. ?our social environment can shape how genes are expressed d. ?attitudes have been shown to have a strong biological component
Infants as young as ____________________ have been shown to be able to recognize objects experienced with one sense as similar to objects experience with another sense
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