A year after surviving a classroom shooting incident, Angie still responds with terrora. the sight of toy guns and to the sound of balloons popping. This reaction best illustrates

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The fear response that Angie shows to the sight of toy guns and the sound of balloons popping reflects a process called generalization. This means that the response that she learned (fear) was generalized to similar stimuli associated with the traumatic event. It is not an unconditioned response because fear of toy guns and balloons is not something that humans are biologically programmed to fear. It is also not operant conditioning because there is no reinforcement involved in her fear response. Latent learning involves learning that is not immediately expressed in behavior, so it does not apply in this case.

A Year After Surviving a Classroom Shooting Incident, Angie Still