Rats Learning a Maze Are Tested After Varying Degrees of Food

question 52

Multiple Choice

Rats learning a maze are tested after varying degrees of food deprivation. Some run the maze after 4 hours without food, others after 8 hours, and others after 12 hours deprivation. In this study,

• A)food deprivation is the manipulated independent variable
• B)the rats are a subject variable
• C)the independent variable is a task variable
• D)food deprivation is the dependent variable

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