While "playing" with a lighted candle, a child burned her finger. The candle flame, thus, becomes a conditioned fear stimulus with the child also developing a healthy fear of other flames, such as those from matches, lighters, fireplaces, and stoves. This fear of other flames developed because of
A)stimulus generalization.
B)a spontaneous recovery.
C)higher-order discrimination.
D)vicarious conditioning.

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Stimulus generalization occurs when a response that is conditioned to one stimulus is elicited by other, similar stimuli. In this case, the child's fear response to the candle flame generalizes to other flames, such as those from matches, lighters, fireplaces, and stoves.

While "Playing" with a Lighted Candle, a Child Burned Her