Your heart may race when you are confronted by a lion but not when you are approached by a kitten.This best illustrates the adaptive value of
A) operant behavior.
B) discrimination.
C) higher-order conditioning.
D) spontaneous recovery.

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The ability to distinguish between a potentially dangerous predator (lion) and a non-threatening animal (kitten) is an example of discrimination, which has adaptive value in terms of survival.

Your Heart May Race When You Are Confronted by a Lion