You trained a rat to press a lever using positive reinforcement.When the behavior was well-learned you stopped giving the reward for the lever-pressing behavior.Most likely,you next discovered that the
A) lever-pressing behavior increased.
B) rat developed an avoidance response.
C) lever-pressing behavior was extinguished.
D) rat learned stimulus discrimination.

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When the reward is no longer given for the lever-pressing behavior, the behavior is likely to become extinct, which means that the behavior will gradually disappear. Therefore, the most likely outcome is that the lever-pressing behavior was extinguished.

You Trained a Rat to Press a Lever Using Positive