Three-Year-Old Johnny Was Classically Conditioned to Salivate to a Bell

question 429

Multiple Choice

Three-year-old Johnny was classically conditioned to salivate to a bell that was paired with lemon juice.Johnny also salivates to the sound of a ringing telephone and to a doorbell, even though they were never used as conditioning stimuli.Johnny's salivation to the ringing telephone and to the doorbell illustrate

• A) stimulus discrimination.
• B) stimulus generalization.
• C) extinction.
• D) shaping.

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