You Are Watching a Pigeon Pecking a Disk in a Small

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Multiple Choice

You are watching a pigeon pecking a disk in a small chamber.There is a cumulative recorder connected to the disk.While you are watching,the pigeon is pecking at a slow,steady rate.What can you predict about the line on the cumulative record based on this information

• A) It will have a steep, upward slope. 
• B) It will have a shallow, upward slope. 
• C) It will have a shallow, downward slope. 
• D) It will have a steep, downward slope.

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