Matt classically conditions his dog, Wally, to salivate when he strums the G chord on his guitar by providing food after the chord is played
After some time, Matt notices that Wally salivates even when other chords are strummed although the chords were not followed by food. This phenomenon is known as ________.
a. stimulus generalization
b. stimulus discrimination
c. higher-order conditioning
d. instinctive drift
Answer: a
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