According to Thorndike, what would most likely be the behavior of a pigeon that you confine in a box, where the only means of escape was to peck a green (and not a red) circle consecutively three times that would, in turn, activate the top part of the box to flip open?
According to Thorndike, what would most likely be the behavior of a pigeon that you confine in a box, where the only means of escape was to peck a green (and not a red) circle consecutively three times that would, in turn, activate the top part of the box to flip open?
A. Upon being put in the box, the pigeon would peck the green circle consecutively three times and fly off to freedom.
B. Upon being put in the box, the pigeon would peck the red circle and green circle alternately until it stops from fatigue.
C. Upon being put in the box, the pigeon would do a variety of behaviours within its natural repertoire, one of which may be pecking randomly and hitting the green circle accidentally.
D. Upon being put in the box, the pigeon would demonstrate learned helplessness by being in a catatonic state.
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