If an animal who had been reinforced with a small pellet of food for running down a straight alley runway was switched to a larger pellet of food you would expect its running speed to:

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The principle of reinforcement suggests that the strength or frequency of a behavior increases when it is followed by a rewarding stimulus. Therefore, if the size of the food pellet, which serves as a reward, is increased, it is likely that the animal's motivation to obtain the reward will also increase, leading to an increase in running speed.

If an Animal Who Had Been Reinforced with a Small