John's heart has been conditioned to beat rapidly whenever he smells Windsong perfume on a woman. However, John's heart also races when he smells Chanel 5 and other perfumes. This illustrates:

a. stimulus generalization.
b. discrimination.
c. extinction.
d. spontaneous recovery.


Answer a % correct 91 a= 91 b= 7 c= 0 d= 2 r = .21

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