Using His Special Chamber,Skinner Found That Rats Would Display a Behaviour,such

question 126

Multiple Choice

Using his special chamber,Skinner found that rats would display a behaviour,such as pressing a lever,more frequently if following that behaviour a food pellet was provided.The food pellet acts as a(n) :

• A) punisher.
• B) reinforcer.
• C) strengthener.
• D) outcome variable.

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