A child has learned to avoid a furry, black cat.However, she still plays with her grandmother's short-haired gray tabby.Her response demonstrates
A)negative transfer.
B)extinction.
C)stimulus discrimination.
D)successive approximation.

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Stimulus discrimination refers to the ability to differentiate between similar but distinct stimuli and respond differently to each. In this case, the child is able to discriminate between the furry, black cat (which she avoids) and her grandmother's short-haired gray tabby (which she still plays with), indicating stimulus discrimination. Negative transfer would involve the child's previous experience with the black cat affecting her behavior with the gray tabby, which is not the case here. Extinction and successive approximation are not applicable to this scenario.

A Child Has Learned to Avoid a Furry, Black Cat