When Little Albert learned to fear all small white animals and not only the white rat he was conditioned to fear, he was demonstrating ________.
A) stimulus generalization
B) extinction
C) reinforcement
D) stimulus discrimination

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Stimulus generalization occurs when a response that is conditioned to a specific stimulus is elicited by similar stimuli. In Little Albert's case, his learned fear response to a white rat generalized to other small white animals.

When Little Albert Learned to Fear All Small White Animals