#5 - Researchers have found that, hours after birth, infants

[TSimmons]

Hi all,

I had similar difficulties distinguishing between A and C, and I wanted to get some feedback on my reasoning. I think the challenge I and others had encountered was identifying the correct paradox meant to be resolved. Rather than reconciling a baby's facial recognition (sentence 1) with its tendency to focus on pictures of faces (sentence 2), we are trying to resolve the implicit paradox of how a baby is capable of managing bio/neurological processes (what is assumed to be) probably too complex for a baby. Meaning that sentence 2 is in service of sentence 1 as evidence (on the same side), rather than something to be reconciled (on different sides).

Therefore, A adequately explains that these functions are innate meaning these complex processes can exist while still being manageable even with a still-developing baby's brain. Just wanted to see if this made sense! Thank you!

[Adam Tyson]

That sounds like an awfully complex, scientific way to go about this one, TSimmons! The paradox is simply "how can they do that, when they are just a few hours old and have never seen anything before?" The solution is simply "they must be born with that ability, rather than having learned it." It's a classic nature vs nurture situation.

Answer C is giving us "nurture" as an answer, but how can they have learned it so quickly, just hours after birth? That still leaves me scratching my head and wondering at the miracle of it all.

Answer A is "they are born that way" (thank you, Lady Gaga), and that solves it.