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instinctive drift

instinctive drift noun: the tendency of an organism to revert to instinctive behaviors that can interfere with the conditioned response.

Noun

instinctive drift

  1. The tendency of an organism to revert to instinctive behaviors that can interfere with the conditioned response.

Questions about instinctive drift

What does instinctive drift mean?
Instinctive drift means the tendency of an organism to revert to instinctive behaviors that can interfere with the conditioned response.
What part of speech is instinctive drift?
Instinctive drift is a noun.

Words near instinctive drift in the dictionary

  1. instimulations
  2. instinct
  3. instinct shooting
  4. instinction
  5. instinctive
  6. instinctive drift
  7. instinctively
  8. instinctiveness
  9. instinctivities
  10. instinctivity
  11. instinctless

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