As a Child, Blaine Was Attacked by a Goose and Subsequently

question 128

Multiple Choice

As a child, Blaine was attacked by a goose and subsequently developed a severe fear of waterfowl. As he got older, the fear gradually faded until it was all but forgotten. Blaine is now in his early twenties and recently went strolling through a park by the river where he came across a flock of geese. The geese gave him a stare, and Blaine experienced a sudden surge of fear. Blaine's fear response is an example of ________.

• A)stimulus discrimination
• B)stimulus generalisation
• C)higher-order conditioning
• D)spontaneous recovery

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