Which of the following is most related to the concept of instinctual drift?
A)A chicken being trained to play baseball reacted to the ball as if it were food.
B)Rats that were shocked associated the shock with a buzzer and light but not a sweet taste.
C)Rats made ill by x-rays associated it with sweet water but not a light or buzzer.
D)A coyote learns to avoid sheep because ranchers have paired sheep meat with lithium chloride.

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Instinctual drift refers to the phenomenon where an animal's learned behavior is overridden by innate behaviors. In choice A, the chicken's reaction to the ball as if it were food is an example of instinctual drift, where its natural food-pecking behavior overrides the trained behavior to play baseball.

Which of the Following Is Most Related to the Concept