Stimulus discrimination in classical conditioning is the tendency for a response
A) to suddenly recover following extinction.
B) to decrease in strength across repeated presentations of the conditioned stimulus.
C) to become more differentiated from other responses.
D) to be elicited more by one stimulus than another.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Stimulus discrimination in classical conditioning occurs when a response is more likely to be elicited by one stimulus than by others, indicating the organism has learned to differentiate between similar stimuli and respond only to the specific conditioned stimulus.

Stimulus Discrimination in Classical Conditioning Is the Tendency for a Response