Your dog tends to salivate and get excited when you shake a box of dog biscuits. However, your dog does not drool when you shake a bag of cat food. This is an example of:
A) stimulus generalization.
B) spontaneous recovery.
C) stimulus discrimination.
D) higher order conditioning.

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This is an example of stimulus discrimination because the dog is able to differentiate between the two stimuli (the box of dog biscuits and the bag of cat food) and only responds to one (the box of dog biscuits) with salivation and excitement.

Your Dog Tends to Salivate and Get Excited When You