Because you fed your dog table scraps while sitting at the kitchen table, your dog began to jump up and beg for scraps whenever you were eating dinner at the kitchen table. Lately, your dog has also begun to jump up and beg for scraps whenever you sit at any table or desk in the house. Your dog is exhibiting
A)latent learning.
B)response chaining.
C)operant stimulus generalization.
D)operant stimulus discrimination.

Question

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Your dog is exhibiting operant stimulus generalization because it has learned to associate the behavior of begging for scraps with the general situation of you sitting at any table or desk, not just the kitchen table where the behavior was originally reinforced.

Because You Fed Your Dog Table Scraps While Sitting at the Kitchen