Two-year-old Sarah likes to snuggle up to the pillow that her mother uses. This seems most similar to the phenomenon of:
A) adjunctive behavior.
B) instinctive drift.
C) sign tracking.
D) overshadowing.

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Sarah's behavior is most similar to sign tracking, where an organism follows or approaches a stimulus that signals the arrival of a primary reinforcer, in this case, the pillow associated with her mother's presence.

Two-Year-Old Sarah Likes to Snuggle Up to the Pillow That