Baby Alice is playing with a white bunny rabbit when a loud noise suddenly startles her,and she begins to cry.Alice is later given a white cat to play with and begins crying again.Her reaction to the white cat illustrates:
A) generalization
B) discrimination
C) spontaneous recovery
D) extinction

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Alice's reaction to the white cat after being startled by a loud noise while playing with a white bunny rabbit illustrates generalization. This is because she has transferred her response from one stimulus (the bunny) to a similar stimulus (the cat), indicating that she expects similar outcomes from similar-looking objects.

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