What position does the text take on the question of whether human beings have

"instincts?"

(a) the term used to be used for human beings but it is now clear that there is
no such thing as instinctual behavior in humans
(b) people have instincts but American psychologists attribute everything to
learning
(c) people have 7 basic instincts, out of which grow all complex behaviors
(d) since the word instinct suggests "robot-like" behavior, the authors of the
text say that they avoid applying it to humans

D

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