This was an example of _____ because it demonstrated that the chicken's innate pattern of running after food (the ball) took precedence over running toward a stationary object (first base).
A) an autonomic reflex
B) classical conditioning
C) operant conditioning
D) instinctive drift

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Instinctive drift refers to the tendency of an animal to revert to instinctual behaviors that interfere with a conditioned response. In this case, the chicken's natural behavior of chasing moving objects (like food) overrode the learned behavior of running to first base.

This Was an Example of _____ Because It Demonstrated That