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 snout.This best illustrates the importance of ________ in operant conditioning.
A) taste aversion
B) latent learning
C) preparedness
D) biological constraints

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The fact that the pigs relied on their snout to manipulate the coins, rather than their mouth, illustrates the biological constraint that pigs are better suited for using their snout rather than their mouth in certain actions. This highlights the importance of biological constraints in operant conditioning.

After Pigs Learned to Pick Up and Deposit Wooden Coins