If a Researcher Is Interested in Determining with Rat Subjects

question 38

Multiple Choice

If a researcher is interested in determining with rat subjects whether the effects of alcohol are similar to the effect of opiates, she could use a procedure employing

• A)discrimination training using interoceptive cues.
• B)discrimination training using transfer cues.
• C)salience training using drug cues.
• D)salience training using non-drug cues.

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Definitions:

Independent Variables

Factors that are manipulated or varied in an experiment to observe their effect on dependent variables.

Combinations

A selection of items from a larger set where the order of selection does not matter.

Interaction Effect

An effect in statistical analysis indicating that the influence of one variable on the dependent variable differs across levels of another variable, demonstrating that the effect is not simply additive.

Parallel Lines

Straight lines in the same plane that do not intersect, regardless of how far they are extended.