Animals Tend to Revert from Newly Learned Habits to Their

question 39

Multiple Choice

Animals tend to revert from newly learned habits to their biologically predisposed behaviors. This is an example of

• A) latent learning.
• B) instinctive drift.
• C) the law of effect.
• D) spontaneous recovery.

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