The innate predisposition of some species to form an attachment to the first moving object it sees and hears after birth is called
A) menarche.
B) imprinting.
C) assimilation.
D) centration.
E) discontinuity.

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The process described is imprinting. Imprinting refers to a rapid and innate form of learning in which some animals form attachments during a critical period early in life to the first moving object they see and hear. Menarche refers to a female's first menstruation, assimilation is a cognitive process, centration is a developmental stage in which a child can only focus on one aspect of a problem at a time, and discontinuity refers to a theory suggesting that development occurs in distinct stages.

The Innate Predisposition of Some Species to Form an Attachment