According to the idea of latent inhibition, pre-exposing a rat to a light by itself will make it:
A) easier for the rat to learn to associate the light with food.
B) easier for the rat to learn to associate the light with a tone.
C) harder for the rat to learn to associate the light with food.
D) harder for the rat to learn to associate a tone with food.

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Latent inhibition refers to the phenomenon where a familiar stimulus takes longer to acquire meaning (such as an association with food) than a new stimulus because the familiar stimulus has previously been experienced without any association. Therefore, pre-exposing a rat to a light by itself would make it harder for the rat to learn to associate the light with food later on.

According to the Idea of Latent Inhibition, Pre-Exposing a Rat