The text gives an example of a pigeon getting rewarded for pecking a button ONLY in the presence of a green light. We can then safely assume that
A)pecking behavior when the light is off will become extinguished.
B)pecking when the green light is off must have been punished.
C)it is innate for pigeons to peck only when green lights are on.
D)pigeons have superior color vision.

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The key point in the example given is that the pigeon is only rewarded for pecking the button in the presence of the green light. This means that the behavior of pecking the button when the green light is not present (i.e. when the light is off) will not be reinforced, and will therefore become less common over time. This process is known as extinction of the behavior.

The Text Gives an Example of a Pigeon Getting Rewarded