Biologist Zing Yang Kuo (1961) demonstrated that a cat who had been raised from birth with a rat in the same cage would attack neither that specific rat nor other rats. This research suggests that

A) aggression is species specific.
B) aggressive instincts can be modified through experience.
C) conflict over scarce resources contributes to aggression.
D) aggression is an entirely learned response.
E) aggressive behaviour is not instinctive.

B) aggressive instincts can be modified through experience.

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