BFSkinner's Students Keller and Marian Breiland Found That Animals Tend

question 150

Multiple Choice

B.F.Skinner's students Keller and Marian Breiland found that animals tend to revert to behaviors consistent with their instincts,a(n) _____ conditioning phenomenon called _____.

• A) classical; higher order conditioning
• B) classical; instinctive drift
• C) operant; higher order conditioning
• D) operant; instinctive drift

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