Some cats "play" with a mouse before killing it. How can this kind of behavior best be explained?
A. The cat's perverse pleasure in prolonging the mouse's pain
B. An instinctive need for additional pursuit behaviors prior to eating
C. A conflict between attack and escape behaviors
D. Regression to infantile patterns of activity in the hippocampus
Answer: C
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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