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 illustrates stimulus discrimination because Antonio has learned to differentiate between the specific stimulus (vanilla pudding) that made him feel better when he was sick and other types of pudding. He only experiences the positive feeling in response to the specific stimulus he associates with feeling better.

When Antonio Was Sick as a Child,his Mother Would Always