Don is delighted when he successfully conditions his roommate, Lloyd, to cringe at the sound of the squeaky drawer by pairing the squeak with a table tennis ball to his roommate's head. He decides to continue his classical conditioning experiment and creates another squeaky noise by dragging his chair across the floor. At first, Lloyd cringes at the new squeak, illustrating ____.
A) habituation
B) dishabituation
C) discrimination
D) generalization

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Lloyd's cringing at the new squeaky noise from Don dragging his chair across the floor illustrates generalization, as he has generalized the response of cringing to the sound of any squeaky noise, not just the specific one associated with the table tennis ball.

Don Is Delighted When He Successfully Conditions His Roommate, Lloyd