Alicia developed a fear of spiders after being bitten by one. However, she has no problem looking at pictures of spiders. This i

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s an example of ________

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kari74 [83] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-17T11:39:15+03:00

Answer:

discrimination

Explanation:

When a person is able to distinguish between stimuli it is known as discrimination. The opposite condition is called generalization.

Here, Alicia is able to distinguish between a spider and spider in a photograph. This means that she is able to discriminate between the stimuli.

If she would get scared by the photograph of a spider then this situation would be generalization.

Hence, the statement here is referring to discrimination.