Practice mode Psychology

After being in a car crash, a person becomes frightened of all cars. What is this called?

Correct answer C. Generalisation

Explanation

Stimulus generalisation occurs when a response conditioned to one stimulus, here a particular car, spreads to similar stimuli such as all cars.

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