Amelia tells an off-color joke to her friends but not to her grandparents.Her audience represents the _____ in Skinner's three-term contingency.
A)reinforcer
B)expectancy
C)response
D)discriminative stimulus

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The audience represents the discriminative stimulus in Skinner's three-term contingency because it signals to Amelia when it is appropriate (or not) to tell certain types of jokes. Skinner's model involves an antecedent (discriminative stimulus), a behavior (response), and a consequence (reinforcer or punisher), where the discriminative stimulus influences the likelihood of the behavior occurring.

Amelia Tells an Off-Color Joke to Her Friends but Not