If a Rat Has Learned to Press a Lever to Obtain

question 11

Multiple Choice

If a rat has learned to press a lever to obtain pellets of food and, all of a sudden, the response permanently ceases to produce any food, then _______ will occur.

• A) acquisition
• B) extinction
• C) generalization
• D) discrimination

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