According to the behavioral bliss point approach,imposing an instrumental contingency
A) establishes a new physiological drive state.
B) activates dedicated brain regions sensitive to reinforcement.
C) disrupts the most comfortable distribution of responses.
D) causes increased attention to sensory reinforcement.

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The behavioral bliss point approach suggests that individuals have a natural tendency to seek out a comfortable and stable distribution of responses. Imposing an instrumental contingency disrupts this equilibrium and requires the individual to change their behavior to receive reinforcement. This can be uncomfortable or aversive, but ultimately leads to the establishment of a new response pattern. Therefore, it is the imposition of an instrumental contingency that disrupts the most comfortable distribution of responses (choice C).

According to the Behavioral Bliss Point Approach,imposing an Instrumental Contingency