Ethologist Konrad Lorenz raised geese from eggs and the first thing the goslings saw was him.Consequently,they treated him as if he were their parent and followed him.This is an example of:
A)operant conditioning
B)classical conditioning
C)imprinting
D)nonassociative learning
E)sculpting

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This is an example of imprinting, which is a form of learning where an animal attaches to and follows the first moving object it sees after hatching or being born. Lorenz's geese imprinted on him as their parental figure because he was the first living being they saw after hatching from their eggs.

Ethologist Konrad Lorenz Raised Geese from Eggs and the First