My dog Anka often barks when the doorbell rings. Anka also has an unusual tendency to watch television (she prefers football to baseball, and hates Westerns). When the doorbell rings on a television show, she looks alertly but does not bark. This is an example of

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This is an example of stimulus discrimination, where Anka can differentiate between the doorbell sound on TV and the actual doorbell sound, responding differently to each.

My Dog Anka Often Barks When the Doorbell Rings