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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Definitions:

Grades

Marks or scores assigned to students' work to indicate the quality of their performance, typically on a scale from A to F.

Operant Conditioning

The act of modifying how strongly a behavior is exhibited by the application of positive or negative stimuli.

Lever Pressing

Lever Pressing is an experimental procedure in behaviorism where an animal is trained to press a lever to receive a reward.

Rats

Small rodent animals often used in scientific research due to their physiological similarity to humans and their manageable size.