Jennifer normally experiences a flood of romantic feelings whenever she smells a particular cologne because it reminds her of her boyfriend.Thankfully,when her younger brother wears the same cologne,she does not experience the same feelings.This is an example of ____.

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This is an example of stimulus discrimination because Jennifer is able to distinguish between the same smell on different individuals and only reacts to the smell when it is associated with her boyfriend. Stimulus generalization would be if she reacted the same way to any cologne that smelled somewhat similar, while the orienting reflex and operant conditioning are not relevant in this scenario.

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