Developmental psychologists have observed that babies seem to be born predisposed to respond to people in certain ways, such as crying or smiling, in order to elicit attention from a caregiver. Psychologists call these inherent tendencies

A) cultural biases.
B) maturational patterns.
C) nature and nurture tensions.
D) inborn biases.


D

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