In an experiment by Amsel and Roussel (1952), rats were sometimes fed in one goal box and then allowed to run to a second goal box where they were also fed. On other trials they received nothing in the first goal box, but then were fed in the second goal box. On the latter trials the rats:
A) ran slower to the second goal box
B) refused to eat in the second goal box
C) ran faster to the second goal box
D) ran at the same speed as in the trials where they were fed at the first goal box

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In this experiment, the rats learned that even if they did not receive food in the first goal box, they would still be fed in the second goal box. Therefore, they would have a stronger motivation to run faster to the second goal box to receive the food reward. This is known as incentive learning, where the animal's behavior is driven by the expectation of a reward.

In an Experiment by Amsel and Roussel (1952), Rats Were