In the research of Jenkins and Harrison,one group of pigeons received nondifferential training with a 1000 Hz tone--the same tone was present on every trial.In a generalization test along the dimension of tone frequency,this group produced
A)typical generalization gradients with peaks at 1000 Hz
B)extremely narrow generalization gradients
C)flat generalization gradients
D)no generalization to other tones

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Since the group received nondifferential training with a 1000 Hz tone, they did not learn to discriminate between different tones. Therefore, they would not show a typical generalization gradient with peaks at 1000 Hz or extremely narrow gradients. They also would not show no generalization to other tones, as they have not been trained to not generalize. The most likely outcome would be flat generalization gradients.

In the Research of Jenkins and Harrison,one Group of Pigeons