When 4-year-old Aileen goes to the store with her dad and whines for candy at the checkout,she gets the candy.But when she goes with her mom,whining never ends up getting her a candy.Before long,Aileen only whines when she is at the store with her dad.This is called:
A)successive approximation.
B)stimulus discrimination.
C)continuous reinforcement.
D)stimulus generalization.

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Stimulus discrimination refers to the ability to distinguish one stimulus from similar stimuli. In this scenario, Aileen is able to distinguish that whining only works with her dad at the store, but not with her mom. Therefore, she only whines when she is with her dad, showing stimulus discrimination.

When 4-Year-Old Aileen Goes to the Store with Her Dad