According to the Minimum Deviation Model, When an Instrumental Contingency

question 72

Multiple Choice

According to the minimum deviation model, when an instrumental contingency is imposed that will not allow an animal to achieve its behavioral bliss point,

• A)the animal will fulfill the optimal level of responding for biologically driven responses.
• B)the animal will fulfill the optimal level of responding only for the instrumental response.
• C)the animal will compromise and perform more of the instrumental response and less of the contingent response.
• D)the animal will fulfill the optimal level of the contingent response.

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Definitions:

Conservation

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