Multiple Choice
What is one of the criticisms raised with respect to ethological theories?
A) Such theories often provide inadequate and post hoc explanations for behaviour.
B) Learning overrides any effects that might be the result of biological predispositions claimed to be present by ethologists.
C) Ethological theories fail to take into account the continuities that exist in human development.
D) Ethologists fail to acknowledge that humans are similar in many ways to other animals.
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