Jessie is learning how to drive.As she drives,the light ahead changes from green to yellow,signaling a specific response.The light is an example of a
A) spontaneous recovery.
B) respondent behavior.
C) discriminative stimulus.
D) successive approximation.

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The light serves as a discriminative stimulus, indicating to Jessie that she should change her behavior (slow down or prepare to stop) in response to the upcoming red light. The other options are not applicable in this scenario – spontaneous recovery refers to the re-emergence of a conditioned response after extinction, respondent behavior refers to automatic responses to stimuli (such as flinching in response to a loud noise), and successive approximation is a technique used in shaping behavior through reinforcement of successive approximations to the desired behavior.

Jessie Is Learning How to Drive