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To make a rat stop pressing a lever, it is punished by a footshock when it presses. The rat no longer presses the lever by avoiding it completely. Applying what you know about punishment and Pavlovian-instrumental interactions, in what sense is the lack of lever-pressing a "misbehavior?"


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