In an experiment, a rat's feeding period is restricted to one hour a day, but the rat has access to all the water it wants as well as an exercise wheel. The rat begins to run on the wheel while waiting for its next feeding session, and with each passing day the rat runs more and eats less, until finally, the experimenter cancels the study so the rat won't starve to death. This rat's behavior illustrates which phenomenon?

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Leon

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19 November, 05:01

In an experiment, a rat's feeding period is restricted to one hour a day, but the rat has access to all the water it wants as well as an exercise wheel. The rat begins to run on the wheel while waiting for its next feeding session, and with each passing day the rat runs more and eats less, until finally, the experimenter cancels the study so the rat won't starve to death. This rat's behavior illustrates which phenomenon?

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Aditya Vazquez · Answer 1

Activity anorexia

Explanation:

The rat's behavior is based on activity-based anorexia phenomena. In this phenomenon, the researcher conducts an experiment in which the researcher induced the food intake restriction in a daily period for a brief time and the rest of the day access to running a wheel. The researcher day by day reducing the food intake of the rat. The rat shows to increase the wheel running. These phenomena show the excessive weight loss of the rat. This phenomenon was related to the communication between the rat running wheel and restriction to the intake of food. This phenomenon resulted in that restricted food show hyperactivity in rats which is called fundamental activity-based anorexia.