You are watching a rat in a Skinner box, and every time a red light comes on, the rat presses the bar in the cage.However, when a green light comes on, the rat never presses the bar.In this case, it appears that the color of the light is acting as:
A)a positive reinforcer for bar pressing
B)a negative reinforcer for bar pressing
C)an unconditioned stimulus for bar pressing
D)a discriminative stimulus for bar pressing

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The green and red lights are serving as discriminative stimuli for the rat's behavior. The red light signals that pressing the bar will result in a positive outcome (such as food or water), while the green light signals that pressing the bar will not result in a positive outcome. Therefore, the rat discriminates between the different stimuli and only responds when the appropriate stimulus is present.

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