A rat is in an operant chamber and learns that a pellet of food will be delivered only when a bar is pressed following the sounding of a high-pitched tone. In this example, the _____ would be considered the discriminative stimulus.

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The high-pitched tone is the discriminative stimulus in this instance because it signals to the rat that if it presses the bar, it will receive a pellet of food.

A Rat Is in an Operant Chamber and Learns That