When Diana was three years old, she became terrified when the neighbor's budgie bird kept flying near her head. Today, she is afraid of all birds, including robins, pigeons, and blue jays. Diana's fear illustrates the classical conditioning process of
A)preparedness.
B)stimulus generalization.
C)stimulus discrimination.
D)negative avoidance.

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Stimulus generalization occurs when a response that is conditioned to one stimulus is elicited by other, similar stimuli. Diana's initial fear response to the budgie bird has generalized to all birds, illustrating this process.

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