In operant conditioning, the tendency of a response to occur in the presence of one stimulus but not in the presence of another similar stimulus that differs from it on some dimension is called ________

a. stimulus generalization
b. stimulus discrimination
c. intermittent reinforcement
d. partial reinforcement

Answer: b

Psychology

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