A Rat Is Trained to Press a Lever for a Small

question 1

Multiple Choice

A rat is trained to press a lever for a small amount of food.While pressing the lever at a steady rate, the rat is presented with a tone-light stimulus that had been previously paired with foot-shock.When the tone-light stimulus is on, the rat decreases its rate of lever pressing.This decrease is an example of

• A)sign tracking.
• B)conditioned suppression.
• C)conditioned repression.
• D)unconditioned fear responding.

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