While "Playing" with a Lighted Candle, a Child Burned Her

question 362

Multiple Choice

While "playing" with a lighted candle, a child burned her finger. The candle flame, thus, becomes a conditioned fear stimulus with the child also developing a healthy fear of other flames, such as those from matches, lighters, fireplaces, and stoves. This fear of other flames developed because of

• A)stimulus generalization.
• B)a spontaneous recovery.
• C)higher-order discrimination.
• D)vicarious conditioning.

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