Melinda adopted an infant from Korea and was amazed because the child seemed to prefer spicy food from the time she began to eat solid food. What is the most likely reason for the child's preference?
a. There is nothing that could account for this; it is just a coincidence
b. The child inherited a genetic predisposition to prefer spicy foods from her birth parents.
c. Melinda gave the child spicy foods very early in life, and the child learned to like them.
d. The child's birth mother probably ate the spicy foods normal for her culture while she was pregnant, which predisposed her daughter to like spicy foods.
d
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