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Carol's dog, cutie pie, sits whenever she says "sit." carol now wants to teach cutie pie a new trick. she wants to teach him to bark each time she says "speak," but whenever carol says "speak," cutie pie sits. the dog's behavior is an example of

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The dog's behavior is an example of "Generalization".

In psychology generalization means is the inclination to react similarly to various yet comparative stimuli. For instance, a dog which is conditioned to salivate to a tone of a specific pitch will likewise salivate with extensive normality in light of tones of higher and lower pitch.
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