You Are Passing Through One of the Science Buildings on a University

question 38

Multiple Choice

You are passing through one of the science buildings on a University campus when you see a researcher come out of his laboratory and go into another room.You hear and then see a duck come out of the lab and run to follow the researcher into the other room.The duck's behavior can best be described as

• A) a fixed action pattern.
• B) classical conditioning.
• C) imprinting.
• D) operant conditioning.
• E) altruistic.

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