A Rat Had One Bad Experience with a Poisoned Food

question 28

Multiple Choice

A rat had one bad experience with a poisoned food that caused it to become sick. This rat will now avoid that food due to a behavior known as:

• A) classical conditioning.
• B) habituation.
• C) imprinting.
• D) insight.
• E) operant conditioning.

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Definitions:

Anaphylactic Shock

A severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction that can occur rapidly, leading to symptoms such as difficulty breathing, swelling, and drop in blood pressure.

Hypertension

A medical condition characterized by persistently high blood pressure.

Meditation

A practice where an individual uses technique, such as mindfulness or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity, to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state.

Physiological Response

The automatic reactions of the body to a stimulus, such as an increase in heart rate in response to stress.