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) the Garcia Effect.
D) signal relations.

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Instinctive drift refers to the phenomenon where conditioned behavior eventually shifts back to instinctive behavior, which can override the conditioning. This is seen in the example given, where raccoons, despite being conditioned to put coins in a piggybank, ultimately revert back to their instinctive behavior of hoarding objects.

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