Pavlov found that once he conditioned a dog to salivate in response to a tone, a tone that was slightly higher or lower in pitch would also make the dog salivate. This phenomenon is called:
A) spontaneous recovery.
B) stimulus discrimination.
C) backward conditioning.
D) stimulus generalization.

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Stimulus generalization refers to the tendency of a conditioned response to occur to stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus. In this case, Pavlov's dog salivating to tones of slightly higher or lower pitch is an example of stimulus generalization.

Pavlov Found That Once He Conditioned a Dog to Salivate