Which of the following provides the best example of how emotional expressions are by-products of innate motor programs?
A)Babies show the same emotional expressions that are displayed within their culture.
B)Babies who are blind from birth smile in response to playing and tickling.
C)Babies respond by mimicking emotional expressions in their caregivers.
D)Babies show preferences to novel stimuli and learning to do something new.

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The fact that babies who are blind from birth are able to smile in response to playing and tickling suggests that emotional expressions are not learned, but rather are innate and a by-product of motor programs. If emotional expressions were learned, blind infants would not display these expressions as they have not been able to observe them in others. This supports the idea that emotions are tied to specific motor programs that are hard-wired in the brain.

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