A rat learned to press a bar to turn off a mild shock it was receiving through the floor of its cage. In this case, bar pressing was
a. classically conditioned.
b. learned through negative reinforcement.
c. learned through punishment.
d. a positively reinforced motor skill.
ANSWER: b
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