Studies of Social Transmission of Food Preferences in Rats Have

question 88

Multiple Choice

Studies of social transmission of food preferences in rats have shown that:

• A) rats are more likely to eat a novel food if they smell the food on another rat's breath after observing the other rat eating the food.
• B) a novel food can become a preferred food if a rat observes another rat eating the food, even if the observer rat never smells the food.
• C) food preferences that are learned through observation are not passed down to subsequent generations.
• D) rats can learn to eat, but not to avoid, novel foods by observing another rat eating the food.

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