A Hungry Rat in an Operant Chamber Is Reinforced with Food

question 55

Multiple Choice

A hungry rat in an operant chamber is reinforced with food after pressing a bar only if a light on the chamber wall is on.If the rat learns to press the bar only when the light is on,this would indicate that the light is a(n)

• A) primary reinforcer.
• B) discriminative stimulus.
• C) negative reinforcer.
• D) unconditioned stimulus.

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