You Trained a Rat to Press a Lever Using Positive

question 169

Multiple Choice

You trained a rat to press a lever using positive reinforcement.When the behavior was well-learned you stopped giving the reward for the lever-pressing behavior.Most likely,you next discovered that the

• A) lever-pressing behavior increased.
• B) rat developed an avoidance response.
• C) lever-pressing behavior was extinguished.
• D) rat learned stimulus discrimination.

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