My sister has trained a few strayed cats to come to the porch. She has given positive reinforcement by giving them food every time they come to the porch. We can say that she has done operant conditioning by training the cats to come on the porch and letting her pet them, where the cat food and treats are the positive reinforcement. By giving a few strayed cats, food as a reward she has caused others stray cats to start coming in hope that they too will receive food. The cats have associated that coming to the porch and being petted for a minute or two will get you food. Since the food acts like a positive consequence, we can assume that the act of coming on to the porch will be repeated as long as there is an award of food. The strayed cats
