Generalization tends to occur more readily when a stimulus is _____ a conditioned stimulus, and discrimination tends to occur more readily when a stimulus is _____ a conditioned stimulus.

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Generalization occurs more readily when a new stimulus is similar to the original conditioned stimulus, as the organism responds to the new stimulus as if it were the original. Discrimination occurs more readily when a new stimulus is different from the conditioned stimulus, as the organism learns to distinguish between the original stimulus and new, different stimuli.

Generalization Tends to Occur More Readily When a Stimulus Is