Suppose Researchers Train a Rat to Press a Bar When

question 41

Essay

Suppose researchers train a rat to press a bar when a 1,000 Hz tone sounds and that you train the same rat to NOT press the bar when a 1,200 Hz tone sounds.Finally,they test for generalization using the following sounds: (a)900 Hz, (b)1,000 Hz, (c)1,100 Hz,and (d)1,200 Hz.Draw a graph showing the excitatory and inhibitory gradients and the summation curve showing the peak shift.

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