PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Discrimination in Operant Conditioning Because of stimulus discrimination, you recognize that eating with your hands with your elbows on the table might be appropriate in a casual, fast-food restaurant, but that such behavior would be considered inappropriate in a more formal dining setting.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stimulus generalization might cause your dog to respond by sitting when she hears similar commands, which may make the training process more difficult. In this case, you would want to use stimulus discrimination to train your dog to distinguish between different voice commands.

Detailed explanation-3: -Discrimination. For example, if a bell tone were the conditioned stimulus, discrimination would involve being able to tell the difference between the bell tone and other similar sounds. Because the subject is able to distinguish between these stimuli, they will only respond when the conditioned stimulus is presented.

Detailed explanation-4: -Soon the dog discriminates between green and red lights. It salivates to the green light but not to the red light. Discrimination is evidence that an animal notices the difference between two or more stimuli. That makes the technique of discrimination learning very useful.