You had a car crash, now all cars scare you, it is called ______________?
Correct answer: D. generalization
- A. extinction
- B. discrimination
- C. secondary reinforcement
- D. generalization
Explanation
A frightening crash can condition fear to the original situation, and fear then spreads to similar stimuli such as other cars. This spread of a conditioned response is stimulus generalization, whereas discrimination would restrict fear to the specific cue associated with the crash.
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