A Red Light That Signals Footshock Causes Rats to Freeze

question 53

Multiple Choice

A red light that signals footshock causes rats to freeze if the interstimulus interval is 10 seconds, but causes the rats to jump in a fighting posture if very short interstimulus intervals are used.This conditioned behavior is best predicted by which of the following?

• A)the behavioral systems model
• B)the stimulus substitution model
• C)belongingness
• D)the compensatory response model

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Definitions:

Psychological Research

The scientific study of individuals' behaviors, thoughts, and emotions through systematic observation, experimentation, and analysis.

Natural Selection

A process by which species adapt to their environment as individuals with beneficial traits survive and reproduce more successfully than others.

Behaviourism

A theory of learning based on the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning, initiated by interactions with the environment.

John Watson

An American psychologist often cited as one of the founders of behaviorism, emphasizing the importance of observable behaviors over internal phenomena like thoughts and feelings.