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A rate of response can be precisely described. A rat pressing a lever is defined by the electric switch the lever activates when the rat presses the lever. A person switching on a light can be defined the same way. Response rates are therefore in this scenario the number of light switches or the...

B.F. Skinner's law of effect said when a response is followed by a reinforcing stimulus, the rate of response increases. So when a response produces a reinforcing stimulus, responses per unit of time (rate) increases. He said the response strengthens. He said when the rate increases, the...