Question

Professor Rochelle told her students that if her door was closed it meant that she was unavailable to them and would be angry if they knocked on her door. But if her door was open, it meant that she was in a rare good mood and would answer questions at that time. Professor Rochelle's door being open was a ________ for ________.

Answer 1

Answer:

This question lacks options, options are:

A. discriminative stimulus; asking questions.

B. discriminative stimulus; not asking questions.

C. discriminative response; asking questions.

D. discriminative response; not asking questions.

The correct answer is discriminative stimulus; asking questions.

Explanation:

A discriminative stimulus is that stimulus to which the organism has identified that its occurrence implies the probability of obtaining a reinforcement, this according to the emission of different past behaviors, that is, it is the one in the presence of which we know that if we emit a behavior, said behavior it will have a certain result, another being the result if the stimulus is not present. The presence of a discriminative stimulus makes the responses that have been reinforced in its presence more probable. Professor Rochelle has left the door open for her students to have a certain response / behavior, which is to ask questions.

Answer 2

Answer:

discriminative stimulus; asking questions

Explanation:

A discriminative stimulus or impulse is the precursor impulse that has impulse control over behavior because the behavior was reliably reinforced in the presence of that impulse in the past.