After pigs learned to pick up and deposit wooden coins in a piggy bank,the pigs subsequently dropped the coins repeatedly and pushed them with their snouts.This best illustrates the importance of ________ in operant conditioning.
A) taste aversion
B) latent learning
C) intrinsic motivation
D) biological predispositions

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The behavior of the pigs suggests that their natural predispositions influence how they respond to operant conditioning. Despite being trained to deposit coins, they reverted to behaviors (dropping and pushing coins) that align more closely with their instinctual behaviors, illustrating the impact of biological predispositions on learning processes.

After Pigs Learned to Pick Up and Deposit Wooden Coins