Question

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a child is stung by a bee while playing in the backyard. after this incident, the child runs away from any flying insect. what is this an example of?
multiple choice

• extinction
• discrimination
• generalization
• contiguity

Explanation:

In classical conditioning, generalization occurs when a conditioned response is triggered by stimuli similar to the original conditioned stimulus. Here, the child was stung by a bee (a flying insect) and now responds fearfully by running away from all flying insects, which are similar stimuli. Extinction is the fading of a conditioned response, discrimination is responding differently to similar stimuli, and contiguity refers to the timing of stimulus pairing, none of which match this scenario.

Answer:

generalization