Suppose that rats accustomed to receiving 1 or 4 pellets for running down an alley now begin earning 16 pellets instead. This sounds like an experiment on
a. incentive contrast.
b. behavioral contrast.
c. intervening drives.
d. reinforcers as feedback.
Ans: a
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