Your Sister's Hamster Keeps Escaping from Its Cage

question 6

Multiple Choice

Your sister's hamster keeps escaping from its cage.On the first day, it took the hamster 14 hours to escape, but by the second week, the hamster could only be confined for 30 minutes before it worked its way to freedom.According to Thorndike's theory,

• A)the stimulus of the cage has become associated with the desire to be free.
• B)the stimulus of the cage has become associated with the jumping necessary to gain freedom.
• C)the hamster jumps in order to gain freedom.
• D)the hamster "operates" on its environment to gain freedom.

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Definitions:

Pulmonary Vein

The blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the left atrium of the heart.

Left Atrium

One of the four chambers of the heart, receiving oxygen-rich blood from the lungs and pumping it into the left ventricle.

Pulmonary Artery

The blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs for oxygenation.

Postcava

Another term for the inferior vena cava, the large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the lower body to the heart.