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A Pigeon Is Left Overnight in a Skinner Box

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A pigeon is left overnight in a Skinner Box. The mechanism is set to give out a food pellet every five minutes, no matter what the animal does. In the morning the researcher finds the pigeon tucking its head under its wing and moving in a counter-clockwise circle. What has most likely happened?


A) Spontaneous recovery has happened.
B) Sequential learning took place during the night.
C) The bird has developed superstitious behaviour.
D) Classical conditioning has shaped the bird's behaviour.

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