After Not Seeing a Light That Signaled Food for a Month

question 18

Multiple Choice

After not seeing a light that signaled food for a month, a rat now shows substantial fear to the light. What might have happened?

• A) The rat forgot the light‒food association.
• B) Prospective coding made the rat anticipate that something new was going to occur.
• C) Another stimulus such as a tone was paired with a shock, and the rat showed peak shift.
• D) Another stimulus that also predicted food became a predictor of something fearful during the interval, and acquired equivalence led the rat to also fear the light.

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