If You Own a Dog That Tends to Salivate and Get

question 146

Multiple Choice

If you own a dog that tends to salivate and get excited when you shake a box of dog biscuits, you may have noticed that your dog also drools when you shake a bag of cat food. If so, this would be an example of:

• A) stimulus generalization.
• B) spontaneous recovery.
• C) stimulus discrimination.
• D) higher order conditioning.

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