A Rat Learns That Pressing the Lever in the Operant

question 38

Multiple Choice

A rat learns that pressing the lever in the operant chamber will only deliver food if a red light above the lever is on.In this scenario,the red light is acting as a

• A)discriminative stimulus.
• B)reinforce.
• C)conditioned stimulus (CS).
• D)punisher.

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Definitions:

Income Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good or service changes in response to a change in consumers' income.

Inferior Good

A type of good whose demand decreases when consumer income rises, unlike normal goods, which see an increase in demand with rising income.

Income Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in consumers' income.

Labor-supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the wage rate and the quantity of labor workers are willing to supply.