As I walk up to my favorite coffee shop, I see a sign that reads "Closed for Repairs." This means that I won't be able to walk into the shop in order to get a latte and a muffin. In operant conditioning terms, the "closed" sign is
A) a discriminative stimulus for punishment.
B) a punisher.
C) a discriminative stimulus for extinction.
D) an extinguisher.

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The "closed" sign acts as a discriminative stimulus for extinction because it signals that the behavior of walking into the shop to get a latte and a muffin will not be reinforced (i.e., the expected outcome of obtaining coffee and a muffin will not occur).

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