Question

Glen is attempting to use operant conditioning to train his dog, Thor, to fetch a ball upon command. Once, when Thor goes to fetch the ball, he instead brings Glen a pinecone.

Which operant conditioning process is Thor displaying?

a.stimulus discrimination
b.stimulus specificity
c. stimulus generalization
d.stimulus operance

Answer 1

the best answer is c. stimulus generalization i just took the test so i know its right

Answer 2

When Thor, Glen’s dog, brought a pinecone instead of a ball, he is displaying a concept in operant conditioning that often occurs to the subject, which is called (C) stimulus generalization.

Thor expects to receive the same response by bringing a pinecone instead of a ball because he perceives, perhaps, the perceives both stimuli as the same. It could be due to similarity of size, color, or location between the pinecone and the ball which caused Thor to do this.