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Many communities have civil-defense tornado sirens that are sounded to warn people that a tornado has been spotted nearby and that they need to seek shelter immediately. In order to ensure that the sirens are functioning correctly, they need to be tested occasionally-but without generating a false alarm. A number of communities have announced that 9:00 a. m. on the first Tuesday of each month is their test time and that a siren sounded at this time can safely be ignored.
-This testing procedure relies on
A) feature-negative discrimination.
B) feature-positive discrimination.
C) the reinstatement effect.
D) the rapid reacquisition effect.

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Feature-negative discrimination is involved in this scenario because the absence of a specific feature (any time other than 9:00 a.m. on the first Tuesday of each month) signals an important condition (a real tornado warning), while its presence (the siren test at the specified time) indicates that the warning can be ignored.

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