When Salina Was a Young Girl, a Dog Viciously Attacked

question 71

Multiple Choice

When Salina was a young girl, a dog viciously attacked her as she was walking along a white picket fence. Since then, she displays intense fear of white picket fences. Salina is demonstrating

• A)a discriminative stimulus.
• B)superstitious behavior.
• C)stimulus discrimination.
• D)a phobia.
• E)spontaneous recovery.

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