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Instinctive drift
Instinctive drift refers to an instance of classical conditioning in which a genetically based, fixed action pattern gradually emerges and displaces a behavior that is being operantly conditioned; the tendency for behavior to drift toward a Fixed action pattern.
Instinctive drift also refers to the substitution of instinctive behaviors for behaviors that had been reinforced.
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