How would Clark Hull explain the behaviour of a rat pressing a lever for food pellets?

A) The lever-press action has been classically conditioned in the rat.
B) The lever-press action is an instinctive behaviour.
C) The rat is decreasing its hunger drive.
D) The rat is stimulating the ventromedial hypothalamus.


C) The rat is decreasing its hunger drive.

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