A pigeon learns to peck at a circle for food. The fact that it also pecks at an oval describes
A)operant response substitution.
B)shaping.
C)operant stimulus generalization.
D)response chaining.

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Operant stimulus generalization occurs when an organism responds to stimuli that are similar but not identical to the conditioned stimulus used in training. In this case, the pigeon was trained to peck at a circle for food and then also pecked at an oval, indicating it generalized the response to a similar stimulus.

A Pigeon Learns to Peck at a Circle for Food