An example of would be when a child is bitten by a dog and then is afraid of all small animals.

Stimulus generalization.

Explanation:

Stimulus generalization is called the cognitive pattern of behavior by means of which, when the person (or even the animal) is at an early age where the processes of cognitive associations are not fully formed and suffers a shock situation (be this positive or negative), will tend to associate all subsequent similar situations to that previously experienced shock situation.

the branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts.

the way in which a living organism or bodily part functions.

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