A very bright (mildly painful) light is turned on a rat. The rat has learned that he can turn off the light by pressing a lever on the other side of his cage. As soon as the light comes on, the rat runs across the room and presses the lever. Can the behavior of pressing the lever be explained best through classical conditioning or operant conditioning?

operant conditioning

Explanation:

The behavior of learning out to turn the light off by the rat through pressing of the lever on the other side of his cage when the bright light is turned on is best explained through operant conditioning.

Operant conditioning which is also known as instrumental conditioning is refer to a kind of associate learning process in which the strength of a certain behavior is adjusted or modified either by punishment or reinforcement. Operant conditioning is voluntarily because the response is under the influence of the organism.

answer; i believe the correct answer is prefrontal cortex;