A Rat Spends Equal Amounts of Time Running and Drinking

question 64

Multiple Choice

A rat spends equal amounts of time running and drinking.In a graph of this behavior, time spent running is represented on the x axis.The y axis represents time spent drinking.When running is restricted by an instrumental constraint, the slope of the line representing the new instrumental contingency

• A)is steeper than the slope of the line through the bliss point.
• B)is less steep than the slope of the line through the bliss point.
• C)is the same as the slope of the line through the bliss point.
• D)cannot be determined with the above information.

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