Discussion
At preschool Priyanka has learned that she must wash her hands before snack-time in order to get a snack. At home, she has started to wash her hands before eating. Priyanka's behaviour illustrates the process of :
Answer: A
Priyanka's behaviour illustrates stimulus generalization.
In stimulus generalization a response learned in the presence of one stimulus is also made to similar stimuli. Priyanka learned to wash her hands before snack-time at preschool, and now makes the same response before eating at home, a similar situation in which she was not trained.
Response generalization would be making a different but related response, such as wiping her hands instead of washing them. Discrimination is the opposite of generalization: responding in one situation but not another, which is not what she is doing.
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