An animal presses a lever for food in one box. If we now place it in a new but similar box, it presses the lever in that box as well. This is an example of:

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This behavior is a classic example of stimulus generalization, in which an animal responds to a similar stimuli in the same way as it would to the original stimulus. In this case, the animal learned to press the lever for food in one box and generalized that behavior to a similar box.

An Animal Presses a Lever for Food in One Box