In one study by Dias and colleagues (1996) animals learned to discriminate between compound stimuli of polygons and lines, by attending to one and ignoring the other. This was followed by a change in the discrimination task requirements. This shift is known as ______.
A) perseveration
B) temporal order
C) rule shifting
D) temporal contiguity

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The shift in the discrimination task requirements described in the study is known as rule shifting. Perseveration refers to when an individual continues to perform a previously learned behavior even when it is no longer serving a purpose. Temporal order refers to the sequence in which events occur, while temporal contiguity refers to the closeness in time between two events. Neither of these concepts directly applies to the description given in the question.

In One Study by Dias and Colleagues (1996) Animals Learned