When the Brelands Tried to Teach Pigs and Raccoons to Drop

question 62

Multiple Choice

When the Brelands tried to teach pigs and raccoons to drop a coin into a box,the animals:

• A)learned the trick only if explicit reinforcement was provided for doing so.
• B)learned the trick if food was used as a reinforcer but did not learn the trick if secondary reinforcement was used.
• C)had difficulty learning the trick because it competed with their biological tendencies.
• D)failed to learn the trick,indicating that some animals have evolved to be resistant to operant conditioning.

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