A rat is placed on one side of a two-compartment shuttle box. For each trial, a light is turned on and is followed 10 seconds later by a painful electric shock for one minute. The rat can terminate the trial by jumping a barrier into the other compartment. If the rat jumps during the light, it has learned to ____ the shock; if the rat jumps during the shock, it has learned to ____ the shock.
A) escape; avoid
B) avoid; escape
C) escape; escape
D) avoid; avoid

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

If the rat jumps during the light, it is avoiding the shock by escaping to the other compartment. If the rat jumps during the shock, it has learned to avoid the shock by escaping to the other compartment. Therefore, the correct answer is B.

A Rat Is Placed on One Side of a Two-Compartment