Albert was once awoken from his sleep by a white rat that fell on him. Following this incident, he began fearing all furry white objects including white fur coats and white stuffed animals. In this scenario, Albert's fear of all furry white objects is due to _____.
A)systematic desensitization
B)biological preparedness
C)generalization
D)discrimination

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Albert's fear of all furry white objects is due to generalization, a process in classical conditioning where the conditioned response is triggered by stimuli that are similar to the conditioned stimulus. In this case, the initial fear response to the white rat has generalized to all furry white objects.

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