A dog has been conditioned to salivate in the presence of a 1000 hertz tone.Which of the following tones will elicit the MOST salivation from the dog

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The principle of stimulus generalization in classical conditioning suggests that a conditioned response (like salivation in this case) will occur not only to the conditioned stimulus (the 1000 hertz tone) but also to stimuli that are similar to the conditioned stimulus. The 900 hertz tone is closest in frequency to the 1000 hertz tone, making it the most likely to elicit a similar conditioned response, hence the most salivation.

A Dog Has Been Conditioned to Salivate in the Presence