During half time at his high school's homecoming game, Rory has to go to the bathroom. The words Women and Men act as ________ for entering one door or the other.
A) intrinsic reinforcers
B) extrinsic reinforcers
C) unconditioned stimuli
D) discriminative stimuli

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The words Women and Men act as discriminative stimuli because they signal which door to enter based on a certain criteria (gender). In this case, they are signaling which restroom to enter based on the gender of the person. Neither intrinsic nor extrinsic reinforcement is involved as the words do not necessarily provide a reward or punishment. Unconditioned stimuli refer to natural stimuli that automatically triggers a response without prior learning, which is not the case here.

During Half Time at His High School's Homecoming Game, Rory