A child has learned to avoid a furry, black cat of her neighbor's. However, she still plays with her grandmother's
short-haired gray tabby cat. Her response demonstrates
a. negative transfer.
b. extinction.
c. stimulus discrimination.
d. successive approximation.
ANSWER: c
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