Children can learn to fear the persons and places associated with their punishment.This best illustrates
A) extinction.
B) the law of effect.
C) shaping.
D) generalization.

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The process of generalization involves applying a learned response from one situation to another similar situation. In this case, the child has learned to fear the persons and places associated with their punishment, which is a form of generalization. Extinction involves the gradual disappearance of a learned response, the law of effect refers to the principle that behaviors that are followed by positive consequences are more likely to be repeated, and shaping involves rewarding successive approximations of a desired behavior. None of these concepts accurately describe the scenario of a child learning to associate people and places with punishment.

Children Can Learn to Fear the Persons and Places Associated