Three-year-old Huang was classically conditioned to salivate to a bell that was paired with lemon juice. Huang also salivates to the sound of a ringing telephone and to a doorbell, even though they were never used as conditioning stimuli. Huang's salivation to the ringing telephone and to the doorbell illustrate
A)stimulus discrimination.
B)stimulus generalization.
C)extinction.
D)shaping.

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Huang's salivation to the ringing telephone and to the doorbell, despite not being directly conditioned with these stimuli, illustrates stimulus generalization. This occurs when a response is elicited by stimuli that are similar but not identical to the conditioned stimulus.

Three-Year-Old Huang Was Classically Conditioned to Salivate to a Bell