Rats Can Learn to Avoid a Regularly Occurring Aversive Event

question 40

Multiple Choice

Rats can learn to avoid a regularly occurring aversive event, even when it is not signaled. This observation is

• A) evidence that two-factor theory is incorrect, as there is no signal to terminate, and thus no fear reduction.
• B) explainable by the rats' sense of elapsed time from the last response, and thus not a threat for two-factor theory.
• C) inconsistent with the idea that avoidance can become habit.
• D) argued to be a demonstration of escape responding.

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