Teresa has a painful experience at the dentist’s office, so her mother takes Teresa to a new dentist, one who takes great care to make her visits painless. Teresa is anxious at first, but after a few visits, Teresa gradually becomes less resistant about going to the new dentist. Teresa’s change in behavior can probably best be explained in terms of

a. extinction.

b. generalization.

c. higher-order conditioning.
d. sensory preconditioning.


ANSWER: a

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