Ken Has Been Conditioned to Be Afraid of Snow

question 296

Multiple Choice

Ken has been conditioned to be afraid of snow.For a number of weeks during November and December snow is repeatedly presented with Santa Claus; now Ken is also fearful of Santa Claus.This example illustrates the classical conditioning process of

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

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