Question at position 5 After Little Albert learned to fear a white mouse, he also started demonstrating a fearreaction when he saw other white objects such as a white rabbit or a man with a white beard. Which classical conditioning phenomenon is being described in this example? Printed Blank[input]Question Blank 1 of 1[input]discriminationgeneralizationacquisitionspontaneous recovery

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Question at position 5 After Little Albert learned to fear a white mouse, he also started demonstrating a fearreaction when he saw other white objects such as a white rabbit or a man with a white beard. Which classical conditioning phenomenon is being described in this example? Printed Blank[input]Question Blank 1 of 1[input]discriminationgeneralizationacquisitionspontaneous recovery

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The scenario describes a learning pattern where a fear response originally elicited by a white mouse spreads to other white stimuli such as a white rabbit or a man with a white beard. This matches the concept of generalization in classical conditioning, where a conditioned response (fear) is triggered by stimuli that are similar to the conditioned stimulus (the white mouse).
Option: generalization — This option correctly identifies the phenomenon. It captures how the fear response extends beyond the original conditioned stimulus to other similar stimuli.
Option: discrimination — This would require the subject to distinguish between the conditioned stimulus and other similar stimuli, showing fear only to the exact trigger. The example shows the opposite, so discrimination is incorrect.
Option: acquisitions — This term refers to the initial learning process of pairing the conditioned stimulus with the unconditioned stimulus. It does not describe the spreading of the response to new, similar stimuli, so it is not the best fit here.
Option: spontaneous recovery — This describes the reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a rest period, not the broad generalization across similar stimuli. Hence, it does not apply to the scenario.
Option: (empty) — With no content, this option provides no information to evaluate and should be disregarded as invalid or incomplete in answering the question.

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