Trying to teach a dog to yawn for food is apparently impossible. Seligman would classify this behavior as:
A) unprepared.
B) contraprepared
C) prepared
D) unprepared

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Contrapreparedness refers to the inability to associate certain behaviors with rewards or punishments due to an evolutionary lack of preparedness for that particular association. In this case, the dog is not evolutionarily prepared to associate yawning with food, hence why it is not possible to train them to do so.

Trying to Teach a Dog to Yawn for Food Is