Buford and Julian are in preschool. Buford watches as Julian gets punished for eating paste. After that incident, Buford remembers Julian's punishment and decides he will not try to eat the paste. Biologically, social learning works (in part) due to the operations of

A. the suprachiasmatic nuclei of the hypothalamus.
B. dopamine antagonists.
C. mirror neurons in the brain.
D. the medulla oblongata.


Answer: C

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