A conditioned signal or cue that is initially paired with, then has the property of eliciting, a specific behavior through a reinforcement schedule.

Later on, you need to learn how to develop the operant conditioning method into a reinforcement schedule, so that you'll know when it's appropriate to give out good and bad rewards for things.

MethodsFood pellet delivery was administered under the fixed ratio 1 schedule of reinforcement, and sucrose water preference was used the 2 % sucrose solution.