Pigs trained to pick up large wooden coins subsequently delayed receiving a food reinforcer because they would repeatedly drop and push the coins with their snouts.This best illustrates
A) modeling.
B) extrinsic motivation.
C) instinctive drift.
D) latent learning.

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Instinctive drift occurs when an animal trained to perform a specific behavior reverts to an innate behavior related to the task. In this case, the behavior of dropping and pushing objects with their snouts is a natural behavior for pigs, which interfered with their ability to successfully complete the trained task of picking up the wooden coins. This shows how instinctive behaviors can override or interfere with learned behaviors.

Pigs Trained to Pick Up Large Wooden Coins Subsequently Delayed