Question

If a slamming door is a conditioned stimulus, then being able to distinguish between the sound of a slamming door and the sound of a heavy item being dropped would represent ________. stimulus discrimination unconditioned response conditioned response stimulus generalization

Answer 1

Being able to distinguish between the sound of a slamming door and the sound of a heavy item being dropped would represent stimulus discrimination.

Explanation:

• Certain sounds, smells, activities, etc., are unknowingly associated by the brain with the things that eventually follow the incidence of the sound, smell, or the action. This phenomenon can be termed as a conditioned stimulus.
• The brain also has a mechanism developed by its own self knowingly and unknowingly that enables it to distinguish between such stimulus incidences and other similar incidences. This phenomenon is referred to as stimulus discrimination.