Question

Little karen was bitten by a tan pony she was riding at a carnival. the experience left her hurt and frightened. the next month she was visiting her uncle, who had a tan great dane (dog). it frightened her even though she had never had a bad experience with a dog. karen's fear of this dog is an example of:

Answer 1

stimulus generalization is your answer

Answer 2

Stimulus generalization.

Step-by-step explanation:

The term "stimulus generalization" means that we do not always differentiate between similar stimuli or rather, the greater the similarity between two stimuli, the more likely it is that a response will consider them to be the same. We have an example of this in the question above, where Karen who was bitten by a pony triggered a fear reaction to any animal that might bite and so is afraid of the dog without even experiencing any negative experiences with the dog.

Generalization of stimuli is therefore the tendency to respond similarly to similar stimuli. The way we respond to new stimuli is almost the same as the way we learn to respond to previous stimuli.