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 escape the shock by jumping a barrier into the other compartment. What behaviour would provide evidence of avoidance learning?

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The rat jumping over the barrier when the light is turned on indicates avoidance learning, as it has learned to associate the light with the impending shock and takes action to avoid it before the shock occurs.

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