In the Experiment Whose Results Are Shown Below, Animals Received

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Essay

In the experiment whose results are shown below, animals received rewards for running in a runway. In three-trial sequences they received a small reward, no reward, and a big reward (rNR), or they received the same trials with the two rewards switched (RNr). As shown in the figure, the rNR condition showed a greater PREE effect (was more resistant to extinction). This result supports sequential theory because in the rNR condition a big reward is associated with a preceding N trial, whereas a small reward is associated with the preceding N trial in the RNr condition. Evaluate whether this result can be explained by the frustration hypothesis.

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