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GATE 2025 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 37

Perception, Learning, Memory and Forgetting · Theories of Learning: Classical conditioning, operant conditioning, social learning theory, cognitive learning · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Ankit was chased by a dog when he was a child. Now he is afraid of all animals. This is an example of:

  1. Stimulus generalization
  2. Extinction
  3. Conditioned response
  4. Secondary learning

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Correct answer: (A) Stimulus generalization

Explanation

The fear learned towards one dog has spread to other, similar stimuli (all animals). That spread of a conditioned response to similar stimuli is stimulus generalisation.