A child starts fearing after seeing a black cow, black dog and black objects. This type of conditioning includes
- Aresponse conditioning
- Bstimulus generalization
- Cresponse generalization
- DNone of the above
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
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).