Bethany taught her dog to jump every time she raises her right hand. Later, the dog started jumping even if she raised her left hand. In this scenario, the dog's action of jumping as a response to a similar stimulus is due to a tendency called
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a. generalization
b. general adaptation
c. spontaneous recovery
d. discrimination

(A) Generalization      

Explanation:  

Generalization is one of the tendency in which the people are respond in the similar to the different types of ways by using the identical stimuli. It is one of the abstraction form in which their is common nature in the structure, objective and the behavior in the given situation.

According to the given scenario, the Bethany's dog start learning the jumping process and whenever she raised her hands the dog start jumping and this response based on the same stimulus is known as the generalization.  

 Therefore, Option (A) is correct answer.