Waxman and colleagues (2007) studied children 4 to 10 years old concerning biological categories. They found
a. children generally thought birth environment established biological properties (a baby cow taken care of by a pig would grow into a pig)
b. children generally thought birth parent established biological properties (a baby born from a pig would grow into a pig)
c. children believed more strongly and consistently that behaviors exhibited by offspring would more closely resemble biological than adoptive parents
d. with age, children more strongly believed color defined species
Ans: b
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