If you drive through a red traffic light, you may get a ticket. If the light is green, you will not get a ticket. In operant conditioning terms, the red and green lights serve as
A)facilitating stimuli.
B)reinforcing stimuli.
C)avoidance stimuli.
D)discriminative stimuli.

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The red and green lights serve as discriminative stimuli because they signal whether a specific response (driving through the intersection) will lead to a consequence (getting a ticket or not). Discriminative stimuli indicate the circumstances under which a behavior will be reinforced or punished.

If You Drive Through a Red Traffic Light, You May