Question

When Micah was 2 years old, he was frightened by his Aunt Mabel's little dog, which had nipped him on the leg. Because of the incident, Micah developed a strong fear of small dogsbut not of large dogs. This best illustrates which of the following?
A)spontaneous recovery
B)stimulus discrimination
C)stimulus generalization
D)higher order conditioning

Answer 1

Answer:

B)stimulus discrimination

Explanation:

Stimulus Discrimination, in psychology, is described as one of the different concepts in the conditioning theory and is determined as a process in which an individual or an animal learns to respond only towards an original or actual stimulus yet not to any other stimuli that are similar to the original stimulus. Stimulus discrimination is considered as one of the different parts of the behavioral learning theories that encompass classical and operant conditioning.

The given statement in the question best illustrates stimulus discrimination.