Seth walked at 10 months. Alicia walked at 14 months. Seth was placed on the floor a lot. Alicia had been carried almost all the time. This demonstrates:
a. human instinct.
b. an example of the blank slate.
c. ontogenetic and environmental influences interacting.
d. genetic loading.
C. Both infants walked within the normal span for achieving this milestone, demonstrating its ontogenetic influence. Seth's environment allowed him more opportunity to move about and he walked sooner than Alicia, demonstrating an environmental influence.
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