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Professor Wilson is using positive reinforcement to train rats to press a lever in a cage when a light is on and avoid the lever when the light is off. Professor Wilson's research is operating from the _____ perspective.

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Answer: Behavioral is the answer

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Professor Wilson's research is operating from the behavioral perspective.

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Behavioral perspective studies behavior in terms of stimulus and response; in experimental research, the behavioral perspective has been widely used on animals, such as rats, to study their behavior by providing reinforecements and punishments. Professor Wilson's research is a classic example of this perspective and of the operant conditioning theory, within the behavioral perspective.

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