The concept of instinctual drift refers to
A)an unlearned response triggered by a simple stimulus
B)the fact that an organism learns behaviours by observing mature organisms
C)the ways in which instinctual behaviours can be modified to create unique conditioned responses
D)the tendency for a conditioned response to regress towards instinctual behaviour

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Instinctual drift is the phenomenon where an animal's learned behavior tends to revert to its instinctual behaviors over time, rather than sticking to the behavior that was conditioned. This shows the powerful influence of innate behaviors even in the face of learned responses.

The Concept of Instinctual Drift Refers to