Ken's mouth waters every time he hears the ice cream truck's familiar song in the distance. One day a slightly different song is heard in the distance and Ken's mouth waters. Ken's behavior illustrates ____________
A) generalization
B) assimilation
C) recovery
D) discrimination
Answer: A
Rationale: Generalization is a process in which a response that originally occurs to a specific stimulus also occurs to different, though similar stimuli. In this example, Ken is conditioned to respond to the first song, but still responds to the slightly different song. In contrast, if Ken had not salivated to the new song, he would have been demonstrating discrimination.
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