A pigeon learns to peck at a red disk. It will not peck at an identical disk of any other color. This illustrates the concept of ________.
A) stimulus discrimination
B) extinction
C) avoidance training
D) stimulus generalization

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Stimulus discrimination is the ability to differentiate between similar stimuli and respond differently to each. In this case, the pigeon has learned to discriminate between the red disk and other similar but non-red disks, indicating that it is responding specifically to the color stimulus.

A Pigeon Learns to Peck at a Red Disk