What evidence demonstrates that newborns are capable of learning? Give examples not described in the text of two different types of learning in newborns
What will be an ideal response?
* Classical conditioning studies have shown that the sucking reflex can be conditioned to verbal responses.
* The rate of sucking can be operantly conditioned with a number of reinforcers.
* The response should include examples of two different types of learning in newborns not identified by the text.
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