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Timothy easily taught his cat to jump through a hoop for the reward of food, but could not get the cat to fetch a ball and return it to him. the cat would chase the ball but use his paws to play with it. the cat did not want to fetch the ball is a phenomenon known as _____.

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The phenomenon is known as INSTINCTIVE DRIFT.
Instinctive drift refers to the tendency of an animal to return to instinctive behavior which interferes with a conditioned response. Instinctive behaviors usually easily override conditioned behaviors because they are natural behavior of the animals.
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