After a child learns to fear spiders, he also responds with fear to ants and beetles. This is an example of:
A) counterconditioning.
B) stimulus generalization.
C) operant conditioning.
D) spontaneous recovery.

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Stimulus generalization occurs when a response that has been conditioned to one stimulus also occurs to similar stimuli. In this case, the fear response to spiders has generalized to ants and beetles.

After a Child Learns to Fear Spiders, He Also Responds