Herbert the Rat Is Put in a Cage That Is

question 136

Multiple Choice

Herbert the rat is put in a cage that is chilly. He operates in the environment by moving around the cage and bar-pressing. He discovers that moving around and bar-pressing have no impact on the temperature of the cage or anything else. Soon, Herbert stops moving around the cage at all. Even after the experimenter changes the situation and allows the temperature to be controlled through bar-pressing, Herbert fails to learn that he now has this control. Herbert is experiencing

• A)learned helplessness.
• B)stimulus discrimination.
• C)punishment.
• D)negative reinforcement.

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