A rat prefers to spend one hour wheel running and 30 minutes grooming per day. A contingency is now imposed in which it must spend 30 minutes grooming to obtain 30 minutes of access to the wheel. As a result, it will
A) ?be able to reach its behavioral bliss point.
B) ?experience a reduction in incentive motivation.
C) ?experience a reduction in drive.
D) ?be unable to reach its behavioral bliss point.
D
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a. reliability b. validity c. norming d. standardization
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a. students' biological predispositions toward cheating. b. instinctual drives of aggressiveness against authority by young people. c. students' lack of congruence between their real and ideal selves. d. situations in classes that allow cheating to take place.
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