In Operant Conditioning, the Tendency of a Response to Occur

question 23

Multiple Choice

In operant conditioning, the tendency of a response to occur in the presence of one stimulus but not in the presence of another similar stimulus that differs from it on some dimension is called ________.

• A) stimulus generalization
• B) stimulus discrimination
• C) intermittent reinforcement
• D) partial reinforcement

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