The Extent to Which an Organism Learns About a Stimulus

question 28

Multiple Choice

The extent to which an organism learns about a stimulus depends on how easily other stimuli in the environment can become conditioned.This phenomenon is called

• A)stimulus generalization.
• B)discrimination.
• C)sensitization.
• D)overshadowing.

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