Author Question: A rat has learned that if it presses a lever every 30 seconds, it can avoid receiving a shock. After ... (Read 77 times)

D2AR0N · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

A rat has learned that if it presses a lever every 30 seconds, it can avoid receiving a shock. After many sessions, you notice the rat leisurely wandering about the chamber during the time period preceding each lever press. On the surface, this behavior seems to _____ Mowrer's two-process theory of avoidance.

A) provide strong support for
B) provide at least moderate support for
C) be irrelevant to
D) contradict

Question 2

Robert has a bug phobia. According to the anxiety conservation hypothesis, his fear of bugs does not extinguish because any exposure to bugs:

A) is negatively reinforced.
B) is negatively punished.
C) is too brief for extinction to take place.
D) results in incubation of the fear response.