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0015. In the article "Infants prefer a nasty moose if it punishes an unhelpful elephant," the experimenters find a remarkable difference between 5 month-old babies and 8 month-old babies. Since they are still so young and very little time has elapsed the differences would seem to arise from cognitive development rather than socialization. What's the profound take-away?
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In those three months babies…
A. | …develop a natural capacity for telling right from wrong | B. | …develop a moral sense this is at least partly instinctual | C. | …not only can they tell right from wrong, they also prefer others who enforce social rules | D. | …come to prefer helpful over unhelpful others | E. | …not only prefer others who enforce social rules, they can also tell right from wrong |
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