Your Textbook Described a Classic Experiment by Robert Rescorla That

question 211

Multiple Choice

Your textbook described a classic experiment by Robert Rescorla that involved two groups of rats. One group of rats heard a tone just before each of 20 shocks. The second group of rats experienced the same 20 tone-shock pairings, but also experienced an additional 20 shocks that were not paired with a tone. How did the two groups differ?

• A)Because they experienced more shocks, the rats in the second group displayed a much stronger fear response to the tone than did the rats in the first group.
• B)As predicted by the basic principles of classical conditioning, there were no differences between the two groups of rats.
• C)The rats in the first group developed learned helplessness, while the rats in the second group did not.
• D)The rats in the first group displayed a much stronger conditioned fear response to the tone than did the rats in the second group.

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