Researcher Konrad Lorenz explored the concept of __________ by making sure that he was the first moving thing a clutch of newly hatched goslings saw.The result,as he predicted,was that the young animals followed him around religiously,clearly demonstrating their belief that he was their mother.
A) imprinting
B) sensory primacy
C) neonatality
D) the higher species-lower species schism.

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The described phenomenon is an example of imprinting, which is the process by which certain animals form strong and often irreversible attachments to the first moving object they encounter after birth. Lorenz's experiment demonstrated that imprinting could lead animals to identify a human as a mother figure, despite the obvious physical differences between humans and birds. Therefore, option A is the best choice. Options B, C, and D are not relevant to the described situation.

Researcher Konrad Lorenz Explored the Concept of __________ by Making