A Rat Is First Confined in a Running Wheel Where

question 74

Multiple Choice

A rat is first confined in a running wheel where it experiences inescapable shocksnext, and after a period of time it is placed in a box that allows it to jump onto a ledge to avoid shock. The failure of the rat to learn the jump response may be due to

• A) competing responses.
• B) generalized inhibitory conditioning.
• C) discriminated passive avoidance.
• D) generalized learned irrelevance.

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