Matt classically conditions his dog, Wally, to salivate when he strums the G chord on his guitar by providing food after the chord is played. After some time, Matt notices that Wally salivates even when other chords are strummed although the chords were not followed by food. This phenomenon is known as ________.
A) stimulus generalization
B) stimulus discrimination
C) higher-order conditioning
D) instinctive drift

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Stimulus generalization occurs when a response originally elicited by one stimulus also occurs in response to other, similar stimuli. In this case, Wally was conditioned to salivate to the G chord, but now salivates to similar sounding chords as well.

Matt Classically Conditions His Dog, Wally, to Salivate When He