If you praise a child for learning that the plural of sheep is sheep and the plural of deer is deer and the child cries excitedly, "Look at all the goat!" on seeing a herd of goats, this illustrates the learning theory principle of
A) extinction.
B) discrimination.
C) reinforcement.
D) generalization.

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The child is applying the rule learned about irregular plurals (sheep, deer) to a similar but incorrect case (goats), demonstrating the principle of generalization. This is when a learned behavior is applied to similar situations beyond the original context.

If You Praise a Child for Learning That the Plural