In the context of classical conditioning, which of the following is true about stimulus generalization?
A. Its likelihood is directly proportional to the similarity between two stimuli.
B. It occurs when a previously conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears.
C. It is the decrease in response to a stimulus that occurs after repeated presentations of the same stimulus.
D. It occurs when one of two stimuli evokes a conditioned response but the other does not.
Answer: A
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