When a CR has been conditioned to a particular stimulus,the organism will also tend to make the CR in response to other stimuli.This phenomenon is called:
A)discrimination.
B)spread of effect.
C)generalization.
D)response shifting.

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Generalization refers to the tendency of an organism to produce a conditioned response to stimuli that are similar to the original conditioning stimulus. This means that the CR will "spread" or generalize to other stimuli that are similar to the original one. Discrimination, on the other hand, is the ability of an organism to distinguish between similar but different stimuli and to respond differently to them. Response shifting is not a commonly used term in classical conditioning.

When a CR Has Been Conditioned to a Particular Stimulus,the