A newly hatched duck adopts the most frequently encountered animal or object it sees during a sensitive period as its mother. This is an example of
A) operant conditioning.
B) insight learning.
C) habituation.
D) trial-and-error learning.
E) imprinting.

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This behavior is an example of imprinting, a form of learning in which a young animal very early in life forms an attachment to the first moving object it sees and hears, often its mother.

A Newly Hatched Duck Adopts the Most Frequently Encountered Animal