The majority of young, inexperienced Western garter snakes born in the laboratory from mothers captured in coastal areas of California readily eat pieces of slug. What are plausible proximate explanations for this behavior?
a) Coastal snakes that readily eat banana slugs gain most of their calories from this prey species.
b) Coastal snakes can detect odor molecules produced by banana slugs.
c) Coastal snakes have a genetically acquired taste for banana slugs.

Read the scenario below and answer the question that follows. hallie is reading a novel in the library when susan, her best friend, slumps down in a chair next to her. susan doesn't say anything, but hallie knows that susan is upset because she is slumping in her seat and rolling her eyes. a psychologist would explain that hallie is interpreting her friend's emotion based on a. the behavioral component of emotion b. her friend's ability to regulate emotion c. the verbal component of emotion d. the physiological component of emotion select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d