In classic studies with animals, Keller Breland and Marion Breland used operant conditioning techniques in their training. Even when animals learned to make operant responses perfectly, however, their behaviors gradually showed evidence of "misbehavior,"

which was attributed to a tendency called ________.

FIll in the blank with correct word.


Answer: instinctual drift

Psychology

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b. The germ theory of disease had little impact on the popularity of the practice ofembalming the body after death. c. In the 1920s it was the goal of many funeral directors to make the corpse look asthough it were alive. d. None of the above.

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The basic challenge of modern life has become the search for

a. meaning, a sense of direction, and a personal philosophy. b. money. c. more rapid cultural change. d. further time saving devices.

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One of the main statistics used to study the prevalence of cancer and cultural differences therein is:

a. morbidity c. metastasis b. incidence d. Spearman's R

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a physical regularity in your text?

a. The oblique effect b. The light-from-above assumption c. Angled orientation d. Having one object that is partially covered by another "come out the other side"

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