What Is the Difference Between Stimulus Generalization and Stimulus Discrimination

question 77

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between stimulus generalization and stimulus discrimination?

• A) Stimulus generalization is the result of classical conditioning while stimulus generalization is the result of operant conditioning.
• B) Stimulus generalization occurs before stimulus discrimination.
• C) Stimulus generalization takes weeks to learn while stimulus discrimination can be learned in as little as a day.
• D) Stimulus generalization means responding to more stimuli while stimulus discrimination means responding to fewer stimuli.

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