I Train a Rat to Discriminate Between a Circle and an Octagon.Every

question 61

Multiple Choice

I train a rat to discriminate between a circle and an octagon.Every time the rat presses the octagon switch,I give it a piece of cheese.Soon the rat chooses the octagon on every trial.Then I give the rat a choice between the original octagon and a significantly larger octagon.The rat then chooses the larger octagon.This is an example of ______.

• A)occasion-setting stimuli
• B)peak shift
• C)conditioned excitation
• D)an interoceptive stimulus

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Definitions:

O-Chlorophenol

A type of chlorophenol with the chlorine atom bonded to the ortho position (adjacent to) of the hydroxyl group on the benzene ring.

Energy Difference

Refers to the change in energy between the reactants and products in a chemical reaction, or between different states of a molecule.

External Magnetic Field

A magnetic field that originates outside an object or system and interacts with it, playing a critical role in various physical phenomena and applications.

Chemical Shift

In nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, chemical shift is the relative change in the frequency of nuclear magnetic resonance of a nucleus compared to a reference standard.