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Question 14

A psychologist investigating operant conditioning studied a miniature pig's learning behavior. The pig was placed in a pen where it had to push a heavy wooden block with its snout to unblock a hatch containing fresh apple slices.

Over eight consecutive daily trials, the psychologist recorded the latency (in seconds) from the pig entering the pen to successfully pushing the block and accessing the reward.

Table 1: Latency (in seconds) to push the block over eight trials

Trial 1Trial 2Trial 3Trial 4Trial 5Trial 6Trial 7Trial 8
Latency (seconds)1501127845221163

Using your knowledge of operant conditioning, explain the results shown in Table 1.

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Practise AQA A Level Psychology Learning approaches with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 84 questions, matched to the AQA A Level Psychology (7182) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.

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