After habituating his animals to a dark-blue circle, Dr. Stillman presents a light-blue circle to his subjects and finds that they continue to habituate to this novel item. What has occurred?

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Generalization has occurred because the animals have responded to a new stimulus (the light-blue circle) in the same way they did to the original stimulus (the dark-blue circle), indicating they perceive the new stimulus as similar to the original one.

After Habituating His Animals to a Dark-Blue Circle, Dr