One-year-old Ben learned to say the word duck when his mother showed him a duck in their backyard.That evening he sees a cartoon with a rooster in it and says "duck," pointing to the rooster.Ben is exhibiting __________.
A)generalization.
B)discrimination.
C)spontaneous recovery.
D)shaping.

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Ben is exhibiting generalization by applying the word "duck" to the rooster in the cartoon, which is a similar but not identical stimulus to the actual duck he saw in his backyard. Generalization is the tendency to respond in a similar way to stimuli that are similar to the original learned stimulus.

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