Deprivation experiments were used by _______ to demonstrate that _______.
A) behaviorists; a behavior could be modified by learning
B) behaviorists; an animal could be conditioned to perform an operation on its environment
C) ethologists; a behavior was genetically determined
D) behaviorists; experience could modify a simple behavior controlled by the nervous system
E) ethologists; genetically determined behaviors could serve as reproductive isolating mechanisms

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Ethologists used deprivation experiments to show that certain behaviors were innate and genetically determined, as they would still occur even when an animal was raised in isolation without learning opportunities.

Deprivation Experiments Were Used by _______ to Demonstrate That _______

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