After the Successful Extinction of Your Son's Whining for a Toy

question 370

Multiple Choice

After the successful extinction of your son's whining for a toy while you are shopping, you go shopping several weeks later and he begins to whine for a toy as if he is "just checking to see if the rules have changed back." This situation illustrates

• A) shaping.
• B) spontaneous recovery.
• C) stimulus generalization.
• D) stimulus discrimination.

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