In Pavlov's classical conditioning experiment, he presented the sound of a bell along with meat powder to his dogs. After several trials, the dogs learned to salivate to the sound of the bell in the absence of the meat powder. If Pavlov's dogs did not salivate to a buzzer but only to a bell, then this phenomenon would be an example of ________.

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Stimulus discrimination occurs when an organism learns to respond differently to various stimuli that are similar. In this case, the dogs learned to distinguish between the sound of a bell (to which they were conditioned to salivate) and a buzzer (to which they were not conditioned), showing they could differentiate between the two stimuli.

In Pavlov's Classical Conditioning Experiment, He Presented the Sound of a Bell