Juliann is 4. If she is like most 4-year-olds, her naïve theory of biology will include the belief that

a. animals can move by themselves, but inanimate objects can only be moved by other people or objects.
b. both animals and inanimate objects grow bigger and physically more complex.
c. the insides of both animate and inanimate objects contain the same kinds of materials.
d. when inanimate objects get damaged, they will heal by themselves, but when animate things are injured they must be fixed by humans.


a

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