A Classic Series of Conditioning Experiments in Laboratory Rats Showed

question 41

Multiple Choice

A classic series of conditioning experiments in laboratory rats showed that the initiation of eating can be a consequence of

• A) operant conditioning.
• B) Pavlovian conditioning to meal-predictive cues.
• C) instrumental conditioning.
• D) the effects of odor on meal initiation.
• E) the effects of taste on meal initiation.

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