Some of Pavlov's dogs learned to salivate to the sound of one particular tone and not to other tones.This illustrates the process of
A) higher-order conditioning.
B) extinction.
C) spontaneous recovery.
D) discrimination.

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Discrimination is the ability to distinguish between different stimuli and respond differently to them. In this case, Pavlov's dogs learned to discriminate between the tone that was consistently paired with food (which made them salivate) and other tones that were not paired with food (which did not make them salivate).

Some of Pavlov's Dogs Learned to Salivate to the Sound