If Your Cat Learns to Associate the Sound of an Electric

question 151

Multiple Choice

If your cat learns to associate the sound of an electric can opener with being fed and gets excited whenever they hear you use it, they may nevertheless show no response to the sound of other electric appliances that sound somewhat similar (e.g. a garbage disposal) . What concept does that demonstrate?

• A)discrimination
• B)generalization
• C)extinction
• D)spontaneous recovery
• E)deliberate recovery

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