Holly's blender makes a noise similar to the can opener, but her cat doesn't get up from the sofa when hearing it. This demonstrates:

A) extinction.
B) generalization.
C) acquisition.
D) discrimination.


D) discrimination.

Psychology

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a. using the method of loci b. mentally rotating a complex form c. discriminating between seeing and imagining pictures d. scanning an image of a pattern

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Overall scores on the Bayley and other infant scales apparently do not predict ____________________ or ____________________ among schoolchildren very well

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology