Food-Deprived Rats Will Learn a New Response If Given Non-Nutritive

question 214

Multiple Choice

Food-deprived rats will learn a new response if given non-nutritive, saccharine-sweetened water as a reward. Thus, the sweet-tasting water is motivating even though no actual hunger reduction takes place. For which of the following theories of motivation is this evidence problematic?

• A)sociobiological
• B)instinct
• C)incentive
• D)drive

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A statement positing no difference or no effect, which researchers aim to test against the alternative hypothesis.

One-way ANOVA

A statistical test that compares the means of three or more independent groups to determine if there is a significant difference among them based on one independent variable.

Midwest

A geographical region in the United States that is generally considered to include the north-central states.

Alternative Hypothesis

The hypothesis that proposes a significant difference or relationship between variables, opposite to the null hypothesis.