Cuddles is a house dog. When a stranger approaches the front window, Cuddles is unsure whether this person is "friend or foe." But when her master growls at the stranger, the dog growls, too. Cuddles demonstrates that she

A)suffers from separation anxiety.
B)has been imprinted to her human master.
C)does social referencing.
D)has a preadapted characteristic.

C) does social referencing

Explanation:

Social referencing is a term used to describe the process whereby the emotional expression of others give a clue to how an individual should react to an object, person or respond to the situation in the individual's environment.

Cuddles demonstrate that she does social referencing as a dog, as she picks a clue of how to react emotionally to strangers by using the reaction of her master as a reference.

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