A researcher is interested in the effects of a new drug for treating anxiety. The researcher decides to study this phenomenon in rats by conditioning in them the fear of a high-pitched noise and then testing the rats' reactions with and without the drug. This is an example of a(n) :

A) natural experiment.
B) analogue experiment.
C) single-subject experiment.
D) correlation.

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Jaime Ferguson · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  Analogue experiments involve studying behaviors or phenomena in a controlled environment that simulates the real-world conditions of interest. In this case, the researcher is using rats and conditioning them to fear a high-pitched noise to simulate anxiety, which is then treated with a new drug. This approach allows for control over variables that would be difficult to manage in human subjects directly, making it an analogue to the human condition being studied.

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