Micah really liked his mom's homemade apple pie, and he would eat a huge slice whenever she made some. When he went to visit with a friend, he tried some apple pie that the friend's brother had made, and it tasted terrible. Now Micah will eat only his mom's apple pie; if anyone else offers him apple pie he politely turns that person down. What does this example illustrate?

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This example illustrates stimulus discrimination, as Micah has learned to differentiate his mom's apple pie from other pies and will only eat his mom's.

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