In an example reported in your text, a man was trapped behind a refrigerator and nearly suffocated. Subsequently, he has a phobia of tight, enclosed spaces and is afraid to ride on small, crowded elevators. However, he has no fear of large, uncrowded elevator rides. The man's fear of small elevators is an example of , and his lack of fear toward large elevators is an example of
a. reconditioning; extinction
b. stimulus generalization; extinction
c. stimulus generalization; stimulus discrimination d. stimulus discrimination; extinction
e. stimulus discrimination; stimulus generalization
c
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a. She's likely to look at the answers and copy them down for herself. b. She's likely to look away from the answers and do her own work. c. She's likely to point out one of her partner's math mistakes. d. She's likely to tell the instructor that the answers are available.