You classically condition your dog Milo to salivate when middle C is played on the piano. When you play D instead of C Milo doesn't receive food and eventually Milo is salivating for C but not for D! This phenomenon is known as:
A) instinctive drift.
B) extinction.
C) stimulus discrimination.
D) higher-order conditioning.

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Stimulus discrimination refers to the ability to distinguish between different stimuli and respond differently to each one. In this scenario, Milo has learned to associate the sound of the middle C on the piano with receiving food, but not the sound of the D note, and therefore only salivates in response to the C.

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