In order to obtain a reward, a monkey learns to press a lever when a bell tone is on but not when a Buzzer tone is on. What kind of training is this?
Correct answer: D. discrimination
- A. extinction
- B. generalization
- C. spontaneous recovery
- D. discrimination
Explanation
The monkey responds to the bell but withholds the response to the buzzer, showing that it has learned to distinguish between two stimuli. This is stimulus discrimination, not generalization, which would involve responding similarly to both.
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