Joseph recently found some duckling eggs that had been abandoned and took them home until they hatched.The ducklings followed Joseph around everywhere.Which of the following experiments was Joseph replicating?
A) Lorenz's studies of unconscious attachment
B) Lorenz's studies of imprinting
C) Piaget's theory of cognitive alignment
D) Bowlby's studies of attachment

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Joseph was replicating Lorenz's studies of imprinting, which involve the process by which some animals form an attachment to the first moving object they see after hatching or birth. In this case, the ducklings followed Joseph around everywhere, indicating that they had imprinted onto him as their caregiver.

Joseph Recently Found Some Duckling Eggs That Had Been Abandoned