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londonang

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Cuddles, the family dog, becomes wary and fretful when a stranger enters the home. Cuddles displays
 
  a. stranger anxiety.
  b. the strange situation..
  c. behavioral inhibition.
  d. difficult temperament.

Question 2

Discuss the ethological perspective in terms of the nature vs. nurture issue and the activity vs. passivity issue.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

Ethologists strongly favor biological and maturation nature-oriented explanations of behavior, noting their tendency to view behavior in terms of natural selection and evolutionary pressures. Children are active participants in their development, especially with regard to reciprocal determinism. Ethologists tend to look at the universals of behavior within a species.



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