Asked by Eliza Vardanyan on Jul 21, 2024

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Research has shown that,compared with nonabused children,those children who have experienced a history of abuse show a stronger brain-wave response to an angry face.This best illustrates

A) operant behavior.
B) generalization.
C) spontaneous recovery.
D) discrimination.

Brain-Wave Response

The fluctuations in voltage seen in an electroencephalogram (EEG) that reflect the different stages of brain activity, often used to study sleep, consciousness, and neurological conditions.

Generalization

in psychology refers to the process by which a response that has been learned to one stimulus is extended or applied to other, similar stimuli.

Nonabused Children

Children who have not experienced physical, emotional, or sexual abuse.

  • Interpret the mechanisms of generalization, discrimination, and extinction within conditioning contexts.
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Georgia HolbrookJul 26, 2024
Final Answer :
B
Explanation :
This illustrates generalization because the children who have experienced abuse show a heightened response to angry faces in general, indicating they have generalized the emotional response from their specific experiences of abuse to a broader range of similar stimuli (in this case, angry faces).