Rats a and B Receive Shocks in a Skinner Box

question 26

Multiple Choice

Rats A and B receive shocks in a Skinner box. Rat A can terminate the shock by pressing a bar. For rat B, there is no response that leads to shock termination. The experimenter then tries to teach both rats another similar shock-avoidance task. What result would one expect?

• A) Rat A will learn the avoidance task more quickly than rat B
• B) Rat B will learn the avoidance task more quickly than rat A.
• C) The rats will learn the avoidance task at equal rates.
• D) Neither rat A nor rat B will be able to learn the avoidance task.

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