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If you own a dog that tends to salivate and get excited when you shake a box of dog biscuits, you may have noticed that your dog also drools when you shake a bag of cat food. if so, this would be an example of:

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Stimulus generalization this would be your answer I hope this helped.

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  • Stimulus generalization.

Step-by-step explanation:

Stimuli that are similar to the original conditioned stimulus also cause the conditioned response. It has been shown that there is a mechanism that relies on prior learning to reduce the uncertainty associated with strangers (in people for example), ultimately facilitating potentially adaptive decisions to trust, or retain the trust of other strangers.

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