While "playing" with a lighted candle, a child burned her finger. The candle flame, thus, becomes a conditioned fear stimulus with the child also developing a healthy fear of other flames, such as those from matches, lighters, fireplaces, and stoves. This fear of other flames developed because of

a. stimulus generalization.
b. a spontaneous recovery.
c. higher-order discrimination.
d. vicarious conditioning.

A

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