Question at position 11 Henry, a five-year-old boy, knows that when he goes out with his mother and throws a tantrum, he will not get a treat. However, when he goes out with his father and throws a tantrum, he will get a treat. Henry's learning in this scenario exemplifies generalization in operant conditioning. extinction in classical conditioning. renewal in classical conditioning. discrimination in operant conditioning.

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To analyze Henry's behavior, we need to look at how the outcome (treat or no treat) changes with the context (mother vs father).
Option 1: 'generalization in operant conditioning.' Generalization would mean Henry responds in the same way to multiple similar situations because the cues are not sufficiently discriminated. In this scenario, the presence of mom versus dad serves as a clear discriminative cue that signals different consequences for the tantrum. Since Henry treats the two contexts differently, this is not generalization.
Option 2: 'extinction in classical conditioning.' Extinction in classical conditioning involves the gradual weakening of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus. The scenario involves operant conditioning (consequences following a behavior) and does not describe the fading of a conditioned response to a learned stimulus over time, so extinction in classical conditioning does not fit.
Option 3: 'renewal in classical conditioning.' Renewal refers to a recovery of a conditioned response when the context changes after extinction, typically in classical conditioning. Here, there is no process described where a learned response was extinguished and then reappeared due to a context change; rather, the focus is on differential outcomes depending on who is present. Therefore, renewal is not an appropriate label.
Option 4: 'discrimination in operant conditioning.' This option captures the core idea: Henry learns to respond differently to the same behavior (throwing a tantrum) depending on who is present. With his mother, a tantrum yields no treat, while with his father, a tantrum yields a treat. This demonstrates discriminative control, where a specific antecedent (the person present) signals which consequence will follow the behavior, aligning with discrimination in operant conditioning.
Collectively, the scenario demonstrates that Henry uses contextual cues (mother vs father) to discriminate the consequences of his tantrum behavior, rather than generalizing across contexts, undergoing extinction, or exhibiting renewal in a classical conditioning framework.

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