If a rat is shocked half the time after a tone occurs and half the time when the tone is not present, it will
A) learn to fear the tone a little.
B) learn to fear the tone a moderate amount.
C) learn to fear the tone a lot.
D) not learn to fear the tone.

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The rat will not learn to fear the tone because the shock is not consistently paired with the tone, making it an unreliable predictor of the shock.

If a Rat Is Shocked Half the Time After a Tone