Question

The process by which organisms learn to respond to certain stimuli but not to others is known as

1. Stimulus discrimination
2. Response discrimination
3. stimulus generalization
4. Extinction

• A. 3, 4
• B. 1, 3
• C. 3 only
• D. 1 only

Answer 1

Answer:

D. 1 only

• Stimulus Discrimination

  The process by which an organism learners to differentiate among stimuli, restricting its response to one in particular.

• For example, if a dog is trained to salivate to a specific tone (stimulus A) because it predicts food, but not to other tones (stimuli B, C, etc.), the dog is demonstrating stimulus discrimination. This ability helps organisms focus their responses on relevant stimuli in their environment.