If One Rat Learns to Bar-Press to Turn Off an Electric

question 139

Multiple Choice

If one rat learns to bar-press to turn off an electric shock and a second rat learns to bar-press when a warning signal that precedes the shock is turned on, the first rat is demonstrating ____ and the second rat is demonstrating ____.

• A) avoidance learning; escape learning
• B) escape learning; avoidance learning
• C) punishment; escape learning
• D) punishment; avoidance learning

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Definitions:

Agricultural Output

The total quantity of agricultural products, such as crops and livestock, produced in a given period.

Quantity Demanded

The total amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a given price in a specified period.

Perfectly Price-inelastic

A situation where the quantity demanded of a good does not change regardless of changes in its price.

Price-inelastic

Referring to a situation where demand or supply for a good or service is relatively unresponsive to changes in price.