The Brelands' inability to successfully use operant conditioning to train pigs and raccoons to maintain their ability to pick up oversized coins is BEST explained by _____.

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Instinctual drift is the tendency of an animal to revert back to instinctive behaviors that interfere with conditioned behaviors. In this case, the pigs and raccoons reverted back to their innate behaviors of rooting and rubbing, respectively, instead of continuing to pick up the oversized coins.

The Brelands' Inability to Successfully Use Operant Conditioning to Train