The Observation That Laboratory - Bred and - Reared Rats

question 5

Multiple Choice

The observation that laboratory - bred and - reared rats show fear responses when exposed to the odor of fox urine is evidence for:

• A) the high emotionality of laboratory rats.
• B) a heritable genetic component to emotional behavior.
• C) the ability of rats to rapidly learn stimulus-response associations.
• D) the need to keep foxes out of research laboratories.

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