A behavioral psychologist tries to train a bird to climb a tree to get a reward of a piece of fruit. At first, the bird learns how to climb the tree with its legs and beak. After a while, it starts flapping its wings and hopping around before it starts to climb. Eventually, the bird flies up to the piece of fruit, even though that prevents it from getting the fruit. According to the Brelands' analysis of biological constraints, the bird is demonstrating

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The behavior exhibited by the bird suggests that it was reverting back to its instinctual behavior of flying to the fruit instead of climbing the tree. This is in line with the Brelands' analysis of biological constraints, which suggests that animals have certain innate tendencies or instincts that can interfere with learned behaviors.

A Behavioral Psychologist Tries to Train a Bird to Climb