Researcher Konrad Lorenz explored the concept of _____ by establishing himself as the first moving thing a clutch of newly hatched goslings saw

The result, as he predicted, was that the young animals followed him around religiously, clearly demonstrating their belief that he was their mother.
A) imprinting
B) sensory primacy
C) neonatality
D) the higher species-lower species schism.

Answer: A

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