Author Question: In an experiment by Amsel and Roussel (1952), rats were sometimes fed in one goal box and then ... (Read 88 times)

nelaaney · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

In an experiment by Amsel and Roussel (1952), rats were sometimes fed in one goal box and then allowed to run to a second goal box where they were also fed. On other trials they received nothing in the first goal box, but then were fed in the second goal box. On the latter trials the rats:

a. ran slower to the second goal box
b. refused to eat in the second goal box
c. ran faster to the second goal box
d. ran at the same speed as in the trials where they were fed at the first goal box

Question 2

According to Amsel's theory, what occurs if an individual is unrewarded for a response for which it was previously rewarded?

a. an unlearned frustration response
b. a learned frustration response
c. an unlearned aggressive response
d. learned helplessness