Refer to the Scenario Below to Answer the Questions That

question 29

Multiple Choice

Refer to the scenario below to answer the questions that follow.
In an extended experiment, rats receive five kinds of trials within four-hour-long sessions of daily training over a period of five months. A tone is followed by food only when it is preceded by a small light on the left side of the wall (L_L) ; no food is given when the tone is presented by itself (L_L→T+, T‒) . A small light on the right side of the wall (R_L) is followed by food when it was preceded by a clicker; no food is given when the tone is presented by itself (C→R_L+, R_L‒) . Finally, a white noise (N) is followed by food 40% of the time.
-If C is an occasion setter, the rats will respond

• A) more to C→N than to N.
• B) more to C→T than to T, but not more to C→N than to N.
• C) more to C→R_L than R_L, but the same to C→T as to T.
• D) to R_L once C has been paired with N.

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