If after having been reinforced for imitating a number of behaviors, an individual imitates a completely new behavior the first time that behavior is modeled, we say that____________ has occurred.
A)novel generalization
B)participant modeling
C)symbolic modeling
D)generalized imitation.

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Generalized imitation refers to the phenomenon where, after learning to imitate a variety of behaviors, an individual starts to imitate new behaviors they haven't been specifically trained to imitate. This shows a generalization of the imitation skill beyond the initially learned behaviors.

If After Having Been Reinforced for Imitating a Number of Behaviors