Two-year-old Philip was recently clawed by the neighbor's cat. Philip's newly developed tendency to fear all small animals demonstrates the process of

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Generalization refers to the process of applying a learned response to similar stimuli. In this case, Philip's fear of all small animals is a generalization of his fear of the neighbor's cat, indicating that he has applied this learned response to similar stimuli (i.e. other small animals). The other options (observational learning, spontaneous recovery, and secondary reinforcement) do not accurately describe the process occurring in this situation.

Two-Year-Old Philip Was Recently Clawed by the Neighbor's Cat