A Child Learns to Be Afraid of Spiders by Observing

question 546

Multiple Choice

A child learns to be afraid of spiders by observing his parents' highly emotional and negative response to them. This demonstrates

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

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