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When Lila's Baby Cries Loudly, Lila Responds by Feeding Him

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When Lila's baby cries loudly, Lila responds by feeding him.He then smiles at Lila and makes cooing sounds.How would an evolutionary psychologist explain the behaviours of Lila and her son?


A) Lila is reinforcing her son's crying and her son is reinforcing Lila's responsiveness to that cry.
B) Lila is biologically programmed to respond to her son's cries, and her son is trained to provide reinforcement for his mother's responses.
C) Lila is biologically programmed to respond her son's cries, and her son is biologically programmed to respond to his mother.
D) Lila is being reinforced for attending to her son's cries, and her son is biologically programmed to respond to his mother.

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