The competition between natural responses and the responses required by the experimenter sometimes leads to the development of behaviors that interfere with an animal making an instrumental response.The development of these behaviors is called
A)stereotypy.
B)differential variability.
C)instinctive drift.
D)behavioral systems.

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Instinctive drift refers to the phenomenon in which an animal gradually shifts its behavior back towards innate patterns of responding that interfere with operant conditioning, as it is difficult to suppress or override natural tendencies. This can occur in cases where animals are trained to perform responses that go against their natural behavior, leading to the development of behaviors that interfere with instrumental responses. Stereotypy refers to repetitive, invariant behavior that lacks any adaptive function. Differential variability refers to differences in the extent to which different individuals show variation in their behavior. Behavioral systems refer to the organization of behavior into functional units that serve specific purposes.

The Competition Between Natural Responses and the Responses Required by the Experimenter