If students associate failure with punishment, and then associate playing sports with failure, they may begin to fear playing sports through a process of:
A) generalization
B) spontaneous recovery
C) higher-order conditioning
D) stimulus discrimination

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This scenario describes higher-order conditioning, where a conditioned stimulus is linked with a new neutral stimulus, creating a second conditioned stimulus. Initially, failure is associated with punishment (first conditioned response), and then playing sports becomes associated with failure (second conditioned stimulus), leading to fear of playing sports.

If Students Associate Failure with Punishment, and Then Associate Playing