You are watching a cumulative recorder that is connected to a small disk in a chamber. The pigeon has been trained to peck the disk when a red light is turned on, and not to peck the disk when a green light is turned on. Based on this information, you should observe that when the green light is turned on,
A) the slope of the line on the cumulative recorder will be steeper than when the red light is turned on.
B) the pen on the cumulative recorder will start to move downward.
C) the slope of the line on the cumulative recorder will be shallower than when the red light is turned on.
D) the roll of paper in the cumulative recorder will stop moving.

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Since the pigeon has been trained not to peck the disk when the green light is turned on, there will be fewer pecks recorded on the cumulative recorder during this time compared to when the red light is turned on. As a result, the slope of the line on the cumulative recorder will be shallower when the green light is on than when the red light is on.

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