In the movie "Meet the Parents," Robert Deniro's character trained the family cat,Mr.Jinx,to use a toilet.The cat's mother commented,however,that the cat still seems to want to "dig,squat,and bury," every time it needed to relieve itself.This tendency to revert back to original,instinctive behaviors despite training is called __________.
A) evolutionary basing
B) counterconditioning
C) instinctive drift
D) revertive acting

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Instinctive drift refers to the tendency of an animal to revert back to its instinctive behaviors despite being trained or conditioned to behave otherwise. In the case of Mr. Jinx in "Meet the Parents," despite being trained to use a toilet, the cat still exhibited instinctive behaviors of digging, squatting, and burying when it needed to relieve itself, indicating the phenomenon of instinctive drift. The other options (evolutionary basing, counterconditioning, and revertive acting) do not accurately describe this phenomenon.

In the Movie "Meet the Parents," Robert Deniro's Character Trained