A behavior analyst has taught a student to look at the teacher when the teacher is speaking. Later, the student is observed looking at a classmate when the classmate is speaking. The student looking at the classmate is a result of.

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Stimulus generalization occurs when a behavior is exhibited in the presence of stimuli that are similar to the original discriminative stimulus. In this case, the student has generalized the behavior of looking at the teacher when they speak to looking at a classmate when they speak, likely because they perceive the classmate's speech as a similar stimulus to the teacher's speech.

A Behavior Analyst Has Taught a Student to Look at the Teacher