Alysah has taught his pet rat to run a maze. he think that the rat will go faster if he puts its favorite treat at the end .he has the rat run the maze ten times with the favorite treat and ten times with a regular food pellet. he uses a stopwatch to measure how long it takes for the rat to get to the reward.

Mike and his wife, amanda, are arguing about his in-laws. mike doesn’t want them to visit because they fight all the time when they come to the house and he is worried about the effect that their fighting is having on mike and amanda’s children. amanda finally yells out: “what about our fighting? ” mike replies, “well, that’s different. we fight because we’re having a disagreement, they fight because they hate each other! ” this is an example of