On an acquired-equivalence task, people with schizophrenia:
A) perform as well as controls but take more time.
B) cannot perform any part of the task.
C) perform normally only in the third phase.
D) can learn the initial discrimination but cannot generalize in the third phase.

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People with schizophrenia can learn the initial discrimination but often struggle with generalization in later phases of tasks like the acquired-equivalence task, indicating specific deficits in cognitive flexibility or the ability to apply learned rules to new, but similar, situations.

On an Acquired-Equivalence Task, People with Schizophrenia