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For this question, we need to determine in operant conditioning, discrimination occurs when blank.
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So in order to answer this question, i need to understand the definition of discrimination in the context of operant conditioning.
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So in this context, discrimination refers to the ability of an organism to respond to a particular stimuli rather than responding to similar stimuli.
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So let's look at the answer choices to see which answer choice best fits this definition of discrimination.
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So answer choice one says that a behavior is no longer reinforced and decreases in frequency.
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Now, this is not going to be the answer.
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In fact, this is the definition of another process in operant conditioning called extinction.
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Distinction.
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Answer choice two says that an organism responds appropriately to stimuli that signal that a behavior will or will not be reinforced.
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Now this answer choice does make sense in the context of our definition because you'll notice the definition describes discrimination as the ability of an organism to respond to a particular stimulus rather than to other similar similar stimuli.
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And in this answer choice, we're given that an organism responds appropriately to stimuli that signal that a behavior will or will not be reinforced...