In MacLean, Merritt, and Brannon's research experiment on lemurs, ...

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In MacLean, Merritt, and Brannon's research experiment on lemurs, subjects were given a reinforcer provided they chose the higher ranking item in a pair. Given that A>B, B>C, C>D, D>E, and E>F, then how did a ring-tailed lemur (a social animal) respond when asked to choose between B and F?
 
  A) It chose B.
  B) It chose F.
  C) It was unable to choose between B and F.
  D) It displayed symptoms of experimental neurosis.

Question 2

In a training procedure, a ring-tailed lemur (a social animal) is given a reinforcer if it chooses the higher ranking item in a pair. If A>B and B>C and C>D, then how would the lemur respond if asked to choose between A and D?
 
  A) It would choose A.
  B) It would choose D.
  C) It would not be able to choose between A and D.
  D) It would show symptoms of experimental neurosis.

[milbourne11]

Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

A

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[rachel]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it