Suppose you reward your dog with a bone every time it brings you the newspaper. When instinctive drift kicks in, your dog will
A) begin to wait in the kitchen without bringing the paper.
B) begin to bury the newspaper.
C) begin to carry the bone out to the driveway.
D) attack the paperboy.

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Instinctive drift refers to the tendency of an animal to revert to instinctual behaviors that interfere with a conditioned response. In this case, a dog's natural instinct might be to bury bones or objects it values, hence why it might start burying the newspaper instead of bringing it to you as trained.

Suppose You Reward Your Dog with a Bone Every Time