Janine completed several tours of duty in Afghanistan.She suffers from PTSD.Now,back home in Texas,she is frightened by firecrackers and cars backfiring.The fact that these sounds scare her reflects a process of stimulus:
A)diffusion.
B)discrimination.
C)generalization.
D)control.

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Generalization is the process by which a response to a particular stimulus is generalized to similar stimuli. In this case, Janine's fear response to the sounds of explosions in Afghanistan has been generalized to firecrackers and cars backfiring in Texas.

Janine Completed Several Tours of Duty in Afghanistan