A scientist conditions a dog to salivate in response to the sound of a high-pitched tone. The researcher then presents a low-pitched tone. The dog fails to salivate. The dog is demonstrating:

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Discrimination occurs when an organism learns to respond differently to different stimuli that are similar. In this scenario, the dog has learned to salivate in response to a high-pitched tone, but not to a low-pitched tone, indicating that it can discriminate between the two stimuli.

A Scientist Conditions a Dog to Salivate in Response to the Sound