After viewing tapes of monkeys apparently showing fear of snakes, lambs, and flowers, monkeys who viewed these tapes were only fearful of snakes. This provides only partial support for ________ but better support for ________.

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The observation that monkeys who viewed tapes of various stimuli were only fearful of snakes supports the idea of preparedness (C). This is because it suggests that the monkeys have an innate predisposition to fear snakes due to evolutionary pressures. The finding does not provide strong support for classical or avoidance conditioning (A and B). Diathesis (D), which is a predisposition to develop a disorder, is not relevant to this scenario.

After Viewing Tapes of Monkeys Apparently Showing Fear of Snakes