In a free-operant avoidance procedure, the subject avoids shock by making responses to increase the number of
A)CS-US intervals.
B)CS-CR intervals.
C)R-S intervals.
D)S-S intervals.

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In a free-operant avoidance procedure, the subject can avoid shock by making responses (R) to increase the duration of the S-S interval, or the time between shocks. This means that the subject is effectively delaying or preventing the next shock from occurring by continuously making responses, which is different from a discriminative avoidance procedure where the subject learns to respond to a specific signal (CS) to avoid a shock (US). Therefore, the correct choice is C, R-S intervals.

In a Free-Operant Avoidance Procedure, the Subject Avoids Shock by Making