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The occurrence of a learned response only to a specific stimulus and not to other, similar stimuli is called stimulus _____.

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I believe it's called stimulus discrimination
Stimulus discrimination happens when two different responses happen for a same stimulus.
For example, when you tell dirty jokes to a close co-worker you would most likely get a laugh as a reaction. But if you tell the same joke to Human resources, you would most likely get into trouble.
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