When placed in a Skinner box, a rat is active, sniffing, poking, and exploring its environment, displaying behaviors that are _____
a. emitted
c. respondent
b. elicited
d. extinguished
ANS: A
FEEDBACK: When a food-deprived rat is placed in a Skinner box, its behavior at first is spontaneous and random. The rat is active, sniffing, poking, and exploring its environment. These behaviors are emitted, not elicited; in other words, the rat is not responding to any specific stimulus in its environment.
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