Question

Jennifer was stung by a bee several days ago and was in pain for many days. As a result of the painful experience, she cries out whenever a flying insect gets too close to her. Jennifer's reaction to flying insects best illustrates the concept of _____ in classical conditionin

Answer 1

Answer:

Generalization.

Explanation:

According to classical conditioning, generalization takes place when an individual/animal react in a similar way to a different stimuli. It propounds that a response to a stimuli depends on a similar stimuli which had occurred in the past.

This concept of conditioning implies that response to stimuli is interlinked together and that past experiences to a stimuli will have an effect to similar future stimuli.

Here, as a result of the painful experience that Jennifer had faced while stung by a bee, she cries out whenever a flying insect gets too close to her. She generalizes that every flying insects would sting her and give her the same painful experience.