Biologist Zing Yang Kuo (1961) demonstrated that a cat that had been raised from birth with a rat in the same cage would attack neither that specific rat nor other rats. This research suggests that
a. conflict over scarce resources contributes to aggression.
b. aggression is a learned response.
c. aggressive behavior is not instinctive.
d. aggressive instincts can be modified through experience.
Answer: D
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