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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Assertion (A):Heredity affects one's own learning abilities.
Reason (R):There are socio-economic, historio-cultural factors that affect one's own learning abilities.
ABoth A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
BBoth A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
CA is correct but R is not correct
DA is not correct but R is correct
Correct answer: (B) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
Explanation

Heredity does affect a person's learning abilities, since inherited potential sets limits on capacities, so the Assertion is correct.

Socio-economic and historio-cultural factors also affect learning abilities, so the Reason is a correct statement in its own right.

The Assertion speaks of the hereditary source of learning ability, while the Reason speaks of the environmental source.

Because the Reason names a different set of causes, it does not explain the hereditary claim made in the Assertion.

Learning ability is thus shaped by both nature and nurture acting together.

This interaction is the nature versus nurture debate, now generally resolved as nature working through nurture.

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