When an organism responds to a specific stimulus or conditioned stimulus and doesn't respond to another stimulus that is similar to the conditioned stimulus,it is referred to as
A) stimulus generalization.
B) stimulus discrimination.
C) extinction.
D) spontaneous recovery.

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Stimulus discrimination refers to the ability of an organism to distinguish between similar stimuli and respond only to the conditioned stimulus. This is in contrast to stimulus generalization, which occurs when an organism responds to stimuli that are similar to the conditioned stimulus, and extinction, which occurs when the conditioned stimulus is no longer associated with the unconditioned stimulus and the response is weakened. Spontaneous recovery occurs when the conditioned response reappears after a period of extinction.

When an Organism Responds to a Specific Stimulus or Conditioned