If a classically conditioned dog salivates not just to the originaltone, but also to a higher pitched and a lower pitched tone, the process of stimulus discrimination has occurred.

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The process of stimulus discrimination refers to the ability of an organism to differentiate between similar stimuli and respond differently to them. In the given scenario, if the dog salivates to not just the original tone, but also to a higher pitched and a lower pitched tone, it means that the dog has not been able to discriminate between the tones and responds to all of them in the same way. Therefore, the correct answer is B.

If a Classically Conditioned Dog Salivates Not Just to the Originaltone