A high school student taking a class in Japanese is faced with learning a new symbol system in order to communicate in this language. He remarks to his teacher, "I'll never be able to read Japanese because these symbols all look the same to me!" Obviously, this student's _______________ is/are not well developed at this point in the class.
A) discrimination skills
B) generalization skills
C) perception
D) motivation

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Discrimination skills are crucial for distinguishing between different symbols, especially in a language like Japanese that has a complex writing system. The student's difficulty in telling the symbols apart indicates underdeveloped discrimination skills.

A High School Student Taking a Class in Japanese Is