A young child has learned to associate the sight of a nurse's white uniform with the fear and pain of getting an injection. If the young child begins reacting with fear to the sight of any white jacket, what has occurred?
A) stimulus generalization
B) spontaneous recovery
C) stimulus discrimination
D) higher order conditioning

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The child is experiencing stimulus generalization, which is the tendency to respond fearfully to stimuli that are similar but not identical to the conditioned stimulus (the nurse's white uniform).

A Young Child Has Learned to Associate the Sight of a Nurse's