If you conducted a study on the effects of magnitude of food reward on maze learning in rats,you would probably make sure that your rats were food deprived several hours before each experimental session.You would do this:
A) to hold hunger,a dependent variable,constant.
B) to ensure a strong independent variable.
C) to ensure that the rats would not explore the maze.
D) to allow for generalization to "real" rat behavior.

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Ensuring the rats are food deprived before each experimental session strengthens the motivation to seek food rewards, thus enhancing the influence of the food reward magnitude (the independent variable) on maze learning. This approach ensures that the rats are motivated by the food reward, making the independent variable (magnitude of food reward) more impactful on their learning behavior.

If You Conducted a Study on the Effects of Magnitude