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Zulu123

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Recall the study by McNamara, Long, & Wike (1956) in which rats were exposed to a T-maze in one of two ways: the rats in one group ran the maze themselves, while the rats in the other group were pushed through the maze in carts.
 
  Which group(s) learned to make the correct choice at the end of the T?
   a) The rats who ran themselves learned to make the correct choice, but the rats in carts failed to learn it.
   b) The rats in carts learned to make the correct choice, but the rats who ran themselves failed to learn it.
   c) Neither group of rats learned to make the correct choice.
   d) Both groups of rats learned to make the correct choice.

Question 2

What happened to the group of rats that wasn't reinforced until the 11th day of the Tolman and Honzik study?
 
  a) After the 11th day, they showed slow but steady improvement in their maze-running.
   b) They showed no improvement and no decline in their maze-running.
   c) They showed sudden improvement in their maze-running after day 11, running as quickly as the rats who
   had always been reinforced.
   d) They showed sudden improvement in their maze-running, but never ran as quickly as the rats who had
   always been reinforced.



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snackralk

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: d

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c




Zulu123

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


kswal303

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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