If a classically conditioned dog salivates not just to the original tone, but also to a higher-pitched and a lower-pitched tone, the process of stimulus discrimination has occurred.

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If the dog salivates to tones other than the original one, stimulus generalization has occurred, not stimulus discrimination. Stimulus discrimination would occur if the dog only salivated to the original tone and not to other similar tones.

If a Classically Conditioned Dog Salivates Not Just to the Original