Question

Suresh learned English in the 4 STD with the fear of the English Teacher. On teaching sixth std he got a similar teacher and the fear increased. It is realated to which principle in Pavlov's conditioning

• A. Stimulus Generalization
• B. Spontaneous Recovery
• C. Extinction
• D. Stimulus Reinforcement

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Stimulus Generalization

• A phenomenon in which the stimuli, similar to the conditioned stimulus, starts generating the same response as that generated by conditioned stimulus is called stimulus generalization.
• If we present conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus multiple times, the conditioned response starts decreasing till it disappears. This phenomenon is called extinction of a response.
• A principle or stage of classical conditioning in which a conditioned response, which has been extinguished earlier, reemerges after a long break is called spontaneous recovery.