A Rat Is Placed on One Side of a Two-Compartment

question 175

Multiple Choice

A rat is placed on one side of a two-compartment shuttle box. For each trial, a light is turned on and is followed 10 seconds later by a painful electric shock for one minute. The rat can terminate the trial by jumping a barrier into the other compartment. If the rat jumps during the light, it has learned to ____ the shock; if the rat jumps during the shock, it has learned to ____ the shock.

• A) escape; avoid
• B) avoid; escape
• C) escape; escape
• D) avoid; avoid

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