Question
Mariah developed a fear of the water when she fell off a river raft last summer. This year she took
swimming lessons and thought she had finally overcome her fear of water. She was eagerly looking
forward to an upcoming rafting trip, however, as soon as she stepped onto the raft she was instantly
terrified again. This illustrates the classical conditioning process known as
O extinction
© second-order conditioning
O stimulus generalization
O spontaneous recovery
Answer
O Stimulus Generalization