Curio and colleagues conducted research on observational conditioning with blackbird subjects. Which statement best describes the conclusion of these studies?

a. Blackbirds can transmit information to each other about new predators in their niche.
b. Blackbirds can socially learn to fear predators but not non-predators.
c. In nature, blackbirds are more threatened by non-predatory birds than predatory ones.
d. Blackbirds acquire social information about danger from other species, not one another.


Ans: a

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