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 ________.

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The term "discriminative stimulus" refers to a cue or signal that indicates that a particular behavior will be reinforced or punished. In this scenario, Professor Rochelle's open door is a discriminative stimulus because it signals to the students that they will receive reinforcement (i.e. the opportunity to ask questions) if they engage in the appropriate behavior (i.e. not disturbing her when her door is closed). Therefore, the correct answer is A) discriminative stimulus; asking questions.

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