Dr. Peck wishes to operantly condition a pigeon to pick a black card out of a set of white cards. To ensure that Peck's pigeon picks the proper card, the reinforcer must:

A. precede the desired behavior
B. occur at the same time as the desired behavior
C. become a predictor for the desired behavior
D. follow the desired behavior


Answer: D

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