A small boy has just recently delighted his parents because he learned to call his father "daddy." However,it has now become an embarrassment to his mother when she takes him out with her because he keeps calling other men "daddy." This is an example of:
A)associative linkage.
B)stimulus generalization.
C)higher-order conditioning.
D)spontaneous recovery.

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The spreading of a conditioned response to stimuli other than the conditioned stimulus is called stimulus generalization.

A Small Boy Has Just Recently Delighted His Parents Because