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Question

Susan has been rewarded for saying "please." Now she increases the frequency with which she says "thank you" and "excuse me" even though she has not been eplicitly rewarded for these responses. This is an example of:

A research psychologist trained a rat to run through a complicated maze. He then filled the maze with water and observed that the rat could swim through the maze without getting lost. This is an example of

Response generalization

Stimulus generalization

.response generalization or stimulus generalization

A research psychologist trained a rat to run through a complicated maze. He then filled the maze with water and observed that the rat could swim through the maze without getting lost. This is an example of

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Response generalization

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Stimulus generalization

Explanation / Answer

.Q. Susan has been rewarded for saying "please." Now she increases the frequency with which she says "thank you" and "excuse me" even though she has not been explicitly rewarded for these responses. This is an example of  

Ans. stimulus generalization

In the conditioning process, stimulus generalization refers to the tendency for the conditioned stimulus to evoke similar responses.