Nate Is Watching the Cumulative Recorder That Is Connected to a Box

question 217

Multiple Choice

Nate is watching the cumulative recorder that is connected to a box where a rat is pressing a lever to receive food reinforcement. The slope of the line is becoming flatter and flatter over time. Based on this output, Nate can conclude that the rat's response rate ​

• A)is increasing over time.
• B)will soon show spontaneous recovery. ​
• C)is decreasing over time.
• D)is caused by inadequate stimulus generalization.

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Definitions:

Random Chance

The occurrence of events without a determinable cause, often affecting genetic variations and evolutionary processes in organisms.

Natural Selection

A process in evolutionary biology where organisms with traits better adapted to the environment have higher survival rates and reproductive success, leading to the accumulation of beneficial traits in a population over generations.

Homoplasic Traits

Homoplasic traits are similar features in organisms that evolved independently, not from a common ancestor, often due to convergent evolution or parallel evolution.

Homologous Traits

Features shared by two or more species inherited from a common ancestor.