Mineka, Keir, and Price observed that monkeys reared in a laboratory do not fear snakes. This is probably because
a. the genetic predisposition to fear snakes is not present in domesticated monkeys.
b. monkeys reared in a laboratory have never been bitten by snakes.
c. monkeys reared in a laboratory have never observed other monkeys’ reactions to snakes.
d. laboratory-reared monkeys become desensitized to many stimuli.
Ans: c
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