According to the minimum deviation model, when an instrumental contingency is imposed that will not allow an animal to achieve its behavioral bliss point,
A)the animal will fulfill the optimal level of responding for biologically driven responses.
B)the animal will fulfill the optimal level of responding only for the instrumental response.
C)the animal will compromise and perform more of the instrumental response and less of the contingent response.
D)the animal will fulfill the optimal level of the contingent response.

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The minimum deviation model proposes that animals will compromise between performing the biologically driven response (contingent response) and the instrumental response when an instrumental contingency is imposed that prevents the animal from achieving its behavioral bliss point. Therefore, the animal will perform more of the instrumental response and less of the contingent response in order to maintain an optimal level of responding overall.

According to the Minimum Deviation Model, When an Instrumental Contingency