The Difference Between an Escape Trial and an Avoidance Trial

question 35

Multiple Choice

The difference between an escape trial and an avoidance trial is that

• A)escape is active avoidance and avoidance trials are passive avoidance.
• B)escape trials are passive avoidance and avoidance trials are active.
• C)the aversive US is delivered during an escape trial but not in an avoidance trial.
• D)the aversive US is delivered during an avoidance trial but not in an escape trial.

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Definitions:

Roanoke Colony

The Roanoke Colony, also known as the Lost Colony, was an early attempt by the English to establish a settlement in North America on Roanoke Island in what is now North Carolina, which mysteriously disappeared.

Freeman Status

Historically, the designation of individuals in society who possessed full citizenship rights, often distinguished from slaves or serfs.

Landowning Church Members

Members of a church community who also own land, historically signifying a higher social and economic status within that community.

Indentured Servants

Individuals who agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for passage to the New World, shelter, and sustenance, essentially a labor system used in colonial America.