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A child starts fearing after seeing a black cow, black dog and black objects. This type of conditioning includes

  1. A
    response conditioning
  2. B
    stimulus generalization
  3. C
    response generalization
  4. D
    None of the above

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Stimulus generalization occurs in behavioral conditioning when an organism responds to stimuli that are similar to the original conditioned stimulus. In this scenario, the child generalizes the fear response from one specific black entity to multiple distinct black objects and animals sharing the same physical attribute (color).

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A child starts fearing after seeing a black cow, black dog and black objects. This type of conditioning includes
A
response conditioning
B
stimulus generalization
C
response generalization
D
None of the above

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