DrBaptista Is Attempting to Train Both Birds and Rodents to Fear

question 120

Multiple Choice

Dr.Baptista is attempting to train both birds and rodents to fear a clicking sound by pairing the click with presentation of shock.The birds respond with fear to the clicking sound very early in the experiment,but the rodents take a long time to learn.Dr.Baptista notes that the rodents' mating calls sound very much like the clicking noises used in the experiment.What would explain the rodents' slow learning in this study

• A) the superiority of fear conditioning in birds 
• B) learning deficits during the mating season as a result of divided attention 
• C) a general deficit in learning ability in this species of rodents 
• D) a biological constraint on learning due to evolved traits in this species

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