Most children quickly learn to tell the difference between the voice tones of adults that are associated with punishment from those associated with praise or affection. This learned ability is called
a. a spontaneous recovery.
b. stimulus discrimination.
c. stimulus generalization.
d. place learning.
ANSWER: b
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a. self-report. b. situation-specific. c. observational. d. unreliable.
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