In a conditioning procedure, a man is shown a bright light while also being shown the word "movie." As a result, he begins to anticipate a bright light whenever he is shown words with a similar meaning. This scenario is an example of
A) stimulus discrimination.
B) semantic generalization.
C) olfactory discrimination.
D) olfactory generalization.

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This scenario is an example of semantic generalization because the man begins to anticipate a bright light when shown words with a similar meaning to "movie," indicating that the response has generalized to semantically related stimuli.

In a Conditioning Procedure, a Man Is Shown a Bright