Gia has learned that if the TV is tuned to a football game, asking her father to take her to the park always results in the answer "No.". If the TV is off, her father almost always answers "Yes.". The status of the TV is an example of a:
a. shaping stimulus
b. negative reinforcer
c. conditioned stimulus
d. discriminative stimulus
D
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).