A Researcher Finds That Rats Avoid Drinking from Bottles in a Room

question 4

Multiple Choice

A researcher finds that rats avoid drinking from bottles in a room in which they had received exposure to radiation that subsequently made them ill. This demonstrates

• A)stimulus discrimination.
• B)stimulus generalization.
• C)conditioned taste aversion.
• D)fixed interval schedule of reinforcement.
• E)behavior therapy.

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Definitions:

Interacting Organisms

This term refers to different forms of life that affect each other's existence in an ecosystem, often engaging in various relationships like mutualism, parasitism, or predation.

Competition

An interaction between organisms or species, in which the fitness of one is lowered by the presence of another.

Biological Control Agent

An organism, such as a predator, parasite, or pathogen, intentionally released to control a pest species, reducing its population in a natural or managed ecosystem.

Target

An object, individual, or location selected as the aim of an attack or the focus of an activity or project.