A child has learned to avoid a furry, black cat of her neighbor's. However, she still plays with her grandmother's short-haired gray tabby cat. Her response demonstrates
A)negative transfer.
B)extinction.
C)stimulus discrimination.
D)successive approximation.

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The child's ability to distinguish between the furry, black cat (which she avoids) and the short-haired gray tabby cat (which she does not avoid) demonstrates stimulus discrimination. This means she has learned to respond differently to two similar stimuli based on their differences.

A Child Has Learned to Avoid a Furry, Black Cat