In Their Use of Operant Conditioning Techniques to Train Animals

question 131

Multiple Choice

In their use of operant conditioning techniques to train animals from many species to perform various behaviours,Keller and Marion Breland described instances of animal "misbehaviour." To what do they attribute this misbehaviour?

• A)spontaneous recovery of extinguished behaviours.
• B)use of punishment rather than reinforcement.
• C)tendency for learned behaviour to drift toward instinctual behaviour.
• D)use of shaping by successive approximations.

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