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Suppose That a Hungry Pigeon B Watches Pigeon a Step

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Suppose that a hungry pigeon B watches pigeon A step on a bar to earn food dispensed through a feeder.Pigeon A previously had been shaped to bar press for food.What is the BEST hypothesis of pigeon B's behaviour when it is subsequently placed in the operant chamber?


A) It will quickly begin stepping on the bar to earn food.
B) It will repeatedly peck at the feeder and fail to learn to bar press because pecking is more biologically relevant.
C) It will not engage in bar pressing until it is shaped to do so by the experimenter.
D) It will engage in superstitious behaviours such as wing flapping.

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