A discriminative stimulus is a stimulus that __________
A) provides the organism with a cue for making a certain response in order to obtain reinforcement.
B) leads a person to discriminate against one group of people based on ethnicity or race.
C) cues the person into which schedule of reinforcement is being used in operant conditioning.
D) Watson used to make Little Albert scared of all fuzzy things.

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A discriminative stimulus is a cue or signal that indicates what response is expected to receive reinforcement. It serves as a discriminative cue for making a particular response to achieve a specific outcome.

A Discriminative Stimulus Is a Stimulus That __________