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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.

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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.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Reply 2 on: Jun 21, 2018
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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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