In psychology, discrimination refers to an organismโs ability to differentiate between a specific stimulus and similar ones but not identical stimuli.
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Stimulus Generalization: This refers to the tendency for the conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the stimulus to which it was originally conditioned.
Positive Reinforcement: Itโs when a desirable event or stimulus is presented as a consequence of a behavior and the behavior increases.
Negative Reinforcement: Itโs when an undesirable event or stimulus is removed or prevented from happening as a consequence of a behavior and the behavior increases.