Big Book Test 8

I got this question right, but I arrived at the conclusion differently. I saw that the two sentences “Learning that is __ their genetic programming” and “Learning as thoroughly __ as their most instinctive behavior” are saying teh same thing. So I had to look for synonyms among the answer choices. “Dictated by” and “stereotyped” are the most similar - conveying being fixed, rigid, unchanging.

I want to confirm that this is a valid approach to solving this? Thank you in advance!

Absolutely and you’re welcome.