In Using Operant Conditioning Principles to Train Animals to Perform

Multiple Choice

In using operant conditioning principles to train animals to perform tricks, Keller and Marian Breland found that:

A) reinforcement is the sole determinant of an animal's behavior.
B) it is impossible to train cats to perform tricks.
C) punishment is more effective than reinforcement in shaping animal behavior.
D) an animal's inborn or instinctive behavior patterns could interfere with the operant conditioning of new behaviors.