When Antonio was sick as a child, his mother would always make him vanilla pudding. To Antonio it seemed like the vanilla pudding made him feel better. Even now, he still gets a good feeling when he starts to prepare some vanilla pudding, but not when he starts to make any other type of pudding. What process does this illustrate?

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This process illustrates stimulus discrimination, as Antonio has learned to distinguish the specific stimulus (vanilla pudding) that made him feel better when he was sick, and now associates that particular stimulus with feeling better. He does not have the same positive association with other types of pudding.

When Antonio Was Sick as a Child, His Mother Would