When Linda was nine years old, the neighbour's pet German Shepherd dog bit her on the ankle.Today Linda is still terrified of German Shepherds, but she likes almost all other types of dogs.Linda's fear illustrates the classical conditioning process of

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Linda's fear of only German Shepherds, and not other types of dogs, demonstrates stimulus discrimination, where she distinguishes between similar stimuli and only responds with fear to the specific one that caused her distress.

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