Gina became ill after eating Turkey on Thanksgiving and was unable to look at Turkey without feeling ill for two months. However, during that two-month period Gina was able to look at chicken without feeling ill. Gina's behavior when presented with chicken is explained by:

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Stimulus discrimination occurs when an individual learns to differentiate between similar stimuli, responding only to the specific stimulus that was conditioned. In this case, Gina feels ill when seeing turkey but not chicken, indicating she can discriminate between the two.

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