Trevor Is Taking a Learning and Memory Course

question 199

Multiple Choice

Trevor is taking a learning and memory course. Each student in the class gets a rat to train. They must get their rat to pick up a marble and put it in a hole in a cover in the cage. At first Trevor rewards his rat for sniffing near the marble. Later, he gets the rat to move the marble. Then, the rat is rewarded for moving the marble to the lid that has the hole in it. Next, for putting the marble on top of the lid. Finally, he rewards the rat only when the marble goes into the hole in the lid of the can. This process is called

• A)habituation.
• B)adaptation.
• C)generalization.
• D)shaping.
• E)anticipatory learning.

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Definitions:

Limiting Resource

A resource in an ecosystem that restricts the growth, abundance, or distribution of organisms or populations due to its scarcity.

Niches

Refers to the specific role or position an organism or species has within its environment, including all biotic and abiotic factors affecting it.

Compete

The act of striving against others for the purpose of achieving dominance, superiority, or an award.

Coevolve

The process by which two or more species reciprocally affect each other's evolution through natural selection.