If one rat learns to bar-press to turn off an electric shock and a second rat learns to bar-press when a warning signal that precedes the shock is turned on, the first rat is demonstrating ____ and the second rat is demonstrating ____.
A) avoidance learning; escape learning
B) escape learning; avoidance learning
C) punishment; escape learning
D) punishment; avoidance learning

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The first rat is demonstrating escape learning because it learns to perform a behavior to terminate an ongoing aversive stimulus (the shock). The second rat is demonstrating avoidance learning because it learns to perform a behavior to prevent the aversive stimulus (the shock) from occurring, by responding to a warning signal.

If One Rat Learns to Bar-Press to Turn Off an Electric