________ occurs when a pigeon that has been trained to peck at a picture of a circle also pecks at a picture of an oval.
A) Shaping
B) Instinctive drift
C) Stimulus generalization
D) Stimulus discrimination

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Stimulus generalization occurs when an organism responds to stimuli similar to the one that was originally trained. In this case, the pigeon is responding to both the circle and oval stimuli, which are similar in shape.

________ Occurs When a Pigeon That Has Been Trained to Peck