Janine,who completed several tours of duty in Afghanistan,suffers from PTSD.Now,back home in Texas,she is frightened by firecrackers and cars backfiring.The fact that these sounds scare her reflects stimulus:

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Generalization occurs when a response is elicited by a stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus. In this case, the loud sounds of firecrackers and cars backfiring are similar to the sounds of gunshots that Janine may have experienced in her tours of duty in Afghanistan, so her fear has generalized to these other stimuli.

Janine,who Completed Several Tours of Duty in Afghanistan,suffers from PTSD