Sometimes behaviour can't be controlled by conditioning alone, because instinctive behaviours get in the way. For example, researchers have taught raccoons to put coins in a piggybank, but eventually the raccoons don't want to give up the coins after they get them. This biological constraint on learning is called
A)instinctive drift.
B)conditioned aversion.
C)diminishing returns.
D)signal relations.
E)escape conditioning.

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Instinctive drift refers to the phenomenon where an animal's learned behavior is gradually replaced by its natural or instinctive behaviors, even after conditioning. This is observed in the raccoon example, where their natural behaviors (not wanting to give up the coins) override the learned behavior (putting coins in a piggybank).

Sometimes Behaviour Can't Be Controlled by Conditioning Alone, Because Instinctive