Ella was frightened by her neighbor's cat. a few weeks later, ella sees a small dog and becomes frightened. ella's reaction is most likely an example of

The answer is stimulus discrimination. In both cases, it means rejoining only to certain stimuli, and not responding to those that are similar. Discrimination is a term used in both classical and operant conditioning. It involves the ability to make a distinction between one stimulus and similar stimuli. 

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