A child has been classically conditioned to fear a white rat. If the child does not show fear when shown a black rat, this is called __________.
A) stimulus discrimination
B) stimulus generalization
C) spontaneous recovery
D) extinction

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Stimulus discrimination refers to the ability to differentiate between a conditioned stimulus and other irrelevant stimuli. In this case, the child is able to discriminate between the white rat (which is the conditioned stimulus) and the black rat (which is a different stimulus), and does not show fear in response to the black rat.

A Child Has Been Classically Conditioned to Fear a White