A rat in a Skinner box is going through several training sessions where the light that illuminates the box is alternately turned on and off. When the light is on, a bar press will produce food. When the light is off, bar pressing goes unrewarded. We soon observe that the rat presses vigorously when the light is on and ignores the bar when the light is off. This illustrates

a. stimulus control.
b. systematic extinction.
c. stimulus generalization.
d. a resistance to extinction.

A

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