To Test the Meaning of an Occasion Setter in a Serial

question 6

Multiple Choice

To test the meaning of an occasion setter in a serial, feature-negative discrimination, a food-cup entry procedure is used with rats. In the first phase of the study, a buzzer is followed by food, while a buzzer preceded by a flashing light is followed by no food. In a second phase of training, the flashing light alone is paired with food. When the flashing light is again presented with the buzzer, the occasion-setting model predicts that we should see

• A) no food-cup entry.
• B) bursts of food-cup entry intermixed with periods of no responding.
• C) a high sustained rate of food-cup entry.
• D) a low sustained rate of food-cup entry.

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Definitions:

Coagulation

The process of blood changing from a liquid to a gel, forming a blood clot, which is an essential part of hemostasis to stop bleeding.

Agglutination

The clumping together of particles, typically cells or proteins, often caused by an antigen-antibody reaction.

Hemostasis

The process of blood clotting and the cessation of bleeding from a damaged vessel.

Hematopoiesis

The process by which the body produces blood cells, encompassing the formation of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets in the bone marrow.