A hungry rat placed in a Skinner box explores its new surroundings and at some point presses a bar.This action immediately results in delivery of a food pellet, which the rat eats.The food reward increases the likelihood that the rat will press the bar again.This is an example of

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This scenario describes operant conditioning, where the rat learns to repeat a behavior (pressing the bar) because it is reinforced by a reward (receiving a food pellet). A fixed action pattern is an innate behavior triggered by a specific stimulus, insight learning involves problem-solving through sudden understanding, a conditioned reflex is a learned response to a particular stimulus (usually through classical conditioning), and habituation is a decrease in response to repeated stimuli that are no longer novel or meaningful. None of these accurately describe the scenario described in the question.

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