A dog has been trained to salivate whenever it sees a large white square. Now it is shown a large gray square and it salivates, though not quite as much as when it sees the white square. The dog is displaying

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The dog is displaying stimulus generalization by responding to a similar stimulus (gray square) as if it were the original conditioned stimulus (white square).

A Dog Has Been Trained to Salivate Whenever It Sees