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Sylvia: Some psychologists attribute complex reasoning to reptiles, claiming that simple stimulus-response explanations of some reptiles behaviours, such as food gathering, cannot account for the complexity of such behaviour. But since experiments show that reptiles are incapable of making major alterations in their behaviour, for example, when faced with significant environment, these animals must be incapable of complex reasoning:
Which of the following is an assumption reqired by Slyvia's argument?
A. Animals could make major changes in their behaviour only if they were capable of complex reasoning
B. Simple stimulus-response explanations can in principle account for all reptile behaviours
C. Reptile behaviour appears more complex in the field than lab experiments reveal it to be
D. If reptiles were capable of complex reasoning, they would sometimes be able to make major changes in their behaviour
E. Complex reasoning and responses to stimuli cannot both contribute to the same behaviour
[spoiler]OA: D[/spoiler]
Which of the following is an assumption reqired by Slyvia's argument?
A. Animals could make major changes in their behaviour only if they were capable of complex reasoning
B. Simple stimulus-response explanations can in principle account for all reptile behaviours
C. Reptile behaviour appears more complex in the field than lab experiments reveal it to be
D. If reptiles were capable of complex reasoning, they would sometimes be able to make major changes in their behaviour
E. Complex reasoning and responses to stimuli cannot both contribute to the same behaviour
[spoiler]OA: D[/spoiler]
