When Researchers Exposed Dogs to an Inescapable Shock and Then

question 18

Multiple Choice

When researchers exposed dogs to an inescapable shock and then put the dogs in a situation in which they could escape the shock, the dogs:

• A) quickly learned to escape the shock.
• B) did not learn to escape the shock.
• C) learned to escape the shock if a warning tone was first presented.
• D) learned to escape the shock if it was extremely painful.

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