After twenty-five trials consisting of pairing a tone of 1,500 cps and food, a dog salivates when a tone of 2,500 cps is presented.This is an example of:

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This is an example of generalization because the dog has learned to respond (salivate) to a new stimulus (a tone of 2,500 cps) that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus (a tone of 1,500 cps) with which it was trained to associate food.

After Twenty-Five Trials Consisting of Pairing a Tone of 1,500