Irinia's dog loves to go for walks,and she always puts a leash on him when they go out.The dog used to wag his tail as soon as they got outside,but now he wags his tail when Irinia picks up the leash.One day,Irinia is cleaning out her garage and pulls some old bungee cords out of a box.Her dog begins to jump around and wag his tail the same way he does when he thinks they are going for a walk.The dog has ___________________ the stimulus of the leash to the bungee cords.
A) discriminated
B) unconditioned
C) extinguished
D) generalized

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Generalization is the process of responding similarly to stimuli that are similar to the conditioned stimulus. In this case, the dog has generalized the stimulus of the leash to the bungee cords, as they are similar in appearance and may have become associated in the dog's mind with going for a walk. Discrimination would involve the dog being able to differentiate between different stimuli, while extinction would involve the gradual disappearance of a conditioned response over time due to the lack of reinforcement. Unconditioned refers to innate, natural responses that do not require conditioning.

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