Some propose infants have a preference for sweet tasting items as an adaptive principle because ____

a. adults have a preference for sweets
b. sweet things have more calories
c. breast milk is slightly sweet
d. they have an aversion to bitter foods

C. Tasting something sweet can also have a calming effect on infants who are in pain. Sweets would be preferred, possibly because breast milk is slightly sweet.

Psychology

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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a. disclosure b. paralinguistics c. propinquity d. relational aggression

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