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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- Modularity of mind is the notion that the mind is at least partly composed of innate neural structures (modules) that perform fast, necessary tasks.
- 1983: cognitive scientist Jerry A. Fodor hypothesized that low-level cognitive systems (e.g., perception, language) are modular.
- In Fodorian modularity, high-level systems (e.g., reasoning) are not modular.
- 2002: cognitive scientist Peter Carruthers proposed the massive modularity hypothesis (MMH).
- MMH expands modularity to include all cognitive systems.
The student wants to compare Fodor's hypothesis with Carruthers's. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
In 1983, Fodor proposed that low-level cognitive systems are modular; almost two decades later, Carruthers proposed the MMH.
A
The hypotheses of Fodor and Carruthers differ in whether they consider high-level cognitive systems, such as reasoning, modular.
B
In 2002, Carruthers proposed the massive modularity hypothesis, an expansion of Fodor's hypothesis from 1983.
C
Fodor hypothesized that perception and language are modular, while Carruthers proposed the massive modularity hypothesis.
D