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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The red light above the lever is serving as a discriminative stimulus because it signals to the rat that pressing the lever will result in receiving food only when the red light is on.

A Rat Learns That Pressing the Lever in the Operant