When an organism responds to a specific stimulus or conditioned stimulus and doesn't respond to another stimulus that is similar to the conditioned stimulus, it is referred to as

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Stimulus discrimination is the ability of an organism to respond specifically to a certain stimulus and not to similar stimuli. Stimulus generalisation is the opposite, where an organism responds to similar stimuli as if they were the conditioned stimulus. Extinction is the decrease in response to the conditioned stimulus when it is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus. Spontaneous recovery is when a previously extinguished response reappears after a period of time without further conditioning.

When an Organism Responds to a Specific Stimulus or Conditioned