Which of the Following Is the Best Statement of the Roles

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the best statement of the roles of internal and external influences in the development of perception?

A) The nativists are right: the baby has all the basic perceptual skills at birth, and later experience makes little difference.
B) The nativists are right: the baby comes equipped with all the basic skills, and experience is only necessary to maintain those skills.
C) The empiricists are right: the baby is born with only the weakest perceptual skills, and the vast majority of such skills depend on specific learning.
D) Both nativists and empiricists are partially right: many perceptual skills appear to be inborn or develop through basic maturation, but experience is also essential.
E) The empiricists are right: the baby is born tabula rasa, and all the skills it will ever have are learned.