Question

Ella was frightened by her neighbor's cat. a few weeks later, ella sees a small dog and becomes frightened. ella's reaction is most likely an example of

Answer 1

The answer is stimulus discrimination. In both cases, it means rejoining only to certain stimuli, and not responding to those that are similar. Discrimination is a term used in both classical and operant conditioning. It involves the ability to make a distinction between one stimulus and similar stimuli.