A rat is placed in a distinctive environment and required to actively respond and avoid shock in a shuttle box. Forty-eight hours later, the rat is placed in a shuttle box in the original training room or an identical shuttle box located in a different room that had a different size, light, odor, and noise level. What would you expect to happen to the rat’s performance?A. The rat will respond faster in the new room than the original room. B. The rat will respond slower in the new room than the original room. C. The rat will respond at the same rate in either the new room or the old room. D. The rat will stop responding altogether.
A. The rat will respond faster in the new room than the original room.
B. The rat will respond slower in the new room than the original room.
C. The rat will respond at the same rate in either the new room or the old room.
D. The rat will stop responding altogether.
B. The rat will respond slower in the new room than the original room.
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