Jennifer's favorite soft drink is 7 Up. She orders a 7 Up in a restaurant and is told that the restaurant serves only Coke products, so Jennifer just orders water instead. She also insists that she can tell the difference between 7 Up and Sprite. Which learning concept is Jennifer demonstrating?

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Cason Boyle

15 October, 19:25

Jennifer's favorite soft drink is 7 Up. She orders a 7 Up in a restaurant and is told that the restaurant serves only Coke products, so Jennifer just orders water instead. She also insists that she can tell the difference between 7 Up and Sprite. Which learning concept is Jennifer demonstrating?

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Stimulus Discrimination

Explanation:

In classical conditioning a biological stimulus is paired with a stimulus which was previously neutral. Stimulus discrimination is the way by which we learn to only accept the original stimulus.

Here, Jennifer's favorite soft drink is 7 Up because she has been classically conditioned by 7 Up. She does not like any other soft drink which means that she only likes the original stimulus. Hence, she is learning stimulus discrimination.