Question

Yolanda dislikes going to the doctor for her illness because every time she does, she is prescribed medicines, which ruin her appetite and make her feel nauseated. She associates doctors with feelings of nausea. However, she is not afraid of visiting dentists. In this scenario, Yolanda's behavior best exemplifies ________ in classical conditioning.

Answer 1

Answer:

Stimulus Discrimination.

Explanation:

Classical conditioning is one of the Important concept in Psychology and one of the factors is known as Stimulus Discrimination. The term "Stimulus Discrimination" means that if an individual or someone was trained in a particular way(stimulus) and the individual or someone respond very well to that particular way or stimulus BUT that person or individual refuse to respond to similar stimulus.

Yolanda in the question above is afraid of visiting doctors because they make her feel nauseated, however, she does not feel the same way towards Dentist.

Dentist and medical doctors work in the hospital and their work is somehow related so, the stimuli is similar and she responds differently.