Animals tend to revert from newly learned habits to their biologically predisposed behaviors. This is an example of

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Instinctive drift refers to the tendency of animals to revert back to their innate or biologically predisposed behaviors. This can happen even after they have learned new habits through conditioning or training. The term was coined by psychologists Breland and Breland, who noticed that trained animals often reverted to their natural behaviors, or drifted towards behaviors that were consistent with their instincts.

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