A small boy has recently delighted his parents because he learned to call his father "Daddy." However, it has now become an embarrassment to his mother when she takes him out with her because he keeps calling other men Daddy. This is an example of __________.

A. associative linkage
B. stimulus generalization
C. higher-order conditioning
D. spontaneous recovery


Answer: B

Psychology

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