You classically condition your dog Nancy to salivate when middle C is played on the piano,but you find that she also salivates when a high G is played.You make a point of playing high G and not giving Nancy any food afterward,whereas you do give her food after you play middle C.After a few days,Nancy stops salivating when high G is played but continues to salivate to middle C.This phenomenon is known as
A)generalization.
B)discrimination.
C)acquisition.
D)spontaneous recovery.

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Discrimination refers to the ability to distinguish between similar stimuli and respond differently to each one. In this scenario, Nancy initially generalized her response to both middle C and high G, but through the process of discrimination training (not giving food after high G), she learned to respond only to middle C and not to high G.

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