Question

A rat is in a Skinner box and has an electrode implanted in their brain. The
Skinner box has a red light and a lever. Pressing the lever will cause a'surge of
pleasure in the reward centres of the rat's brain, but this only works when the
red light is turned on. In this example, the stimulation of the rat's brain is
Select one:
O a. a primary reinforcer
O b. an unconditioned response
O c. a conditioned reinforcer
O d. a conditioned stimulus
O e. a discriminative stimulus

Answer 1

Answer:

O c. a conditioned reinforcer

Explanation:

Based on the information given the stimulation of the rat's brain is what is called A CONDITIONED REINFORCER reason been that CONDITIONED REINFORCER is a stimulus REINFORCER which enables signal to be send out whenever the lever is pressed as well as when the red light is turned on which means that the lever work hand in hand with the red light which in turn lead to the stimulation of the rat brain thereby reinforcing the pleasure in the rat brain reward centre without stopping the pleasure and reward the rat's received because the rat's have electrode implanted in their brain.