Question

Janine completed several tours of duty in Afghanistan. She suffers from PTSD. Now, back home in Texas, she is frightened by firecrackers and cars backfiring. The fact that these sounds scare her reflects a process of stimulus:________.1. Generalization 2. Discrimination3. Extinction4. Association

Answer 1

1. Generalization

Step-by-step explanation:

This would be an example of stimulus generalization. Stimulus generalization refers to a situation in which a conditioned stimulus evokes similar responses after the response has been conditioned. In this example, Janine's PTSD is triggered by guns, explosions and other sounds of war. However, due to stimulus generalization, she will also have a reaction to sounds that are similar, such as firecrackers and cars backfiring.