What is the name of the phenomenon in which prior presentation of a compound stimulus results in a later tendency for learning about one stimulus of the compound to generalize to the other stimulus?
A) acquired equivalence
B) sensory preconditioning
C) discrimination training
D) negative patterning

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Sensory preconditioning is the phenomenon where, if two stimuli are presented together during a preconditioning phase, and then one of them is conditioned to elicit a response, the other stimulus will also elicit a similar response even though it was never directly conditioned to do so. This occurs because the organism has learned an association between the two stimuli during the preconditioning phase.

What Is the Name of the Phenomenon in Which Prior