Drivers tend to demonstrate safer driving behaviors when a police car is present. The fact that drivers do this implies that the police car has become a(n)
A)reinforcer.
B)discriminative stimulus.
C)punisher.
D)unconditioned stimulus.

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A discriminative stimulus is a stimulus in the presence of which a particular response will be reinforced or punished. In this case, the presence of a police car signals to drivers that safer driving behaviors are expected and potentially reinforced through the avoidance of punishment (e.g., not getting a ticket), making the police car a discriminative stimulus for safer driving.

Drivers Tend to Demonstrate Safer Driving Behaviors When a Police