You put experimentally naïve son of Rudolph in a modified Skinner box for the first time. There's no special light in the box, just the ambient light of your lab. But the major modification of the box is that you can remove and insert the response lever, at will. You shape up lever pressing and then begin removing and re-inserting the lever.
Does this experiment involve an S^D?

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An S^D (discriminative stimulus) is a specific stimulus in the presence of which a particular response is reinforced. In this experiment, there is no specific stimulus like a light or sound that signals the availability of reinforcement, only the presence or absence of the lever itself.

You Put Experimentally Naïve Son of Rudolph in a Modified