While on a cruise ship,Kevin became sick after eating a seafood dinner.His food poisoning coupled with sea sickness led to a terrible vacation and consequently Kevin shivers at the mere sight of cruise ships.Kevin's behaviour illustrates the process of
A)stimulus discrimination.
B)scapegoating.
C)acquisition.
D)stimulus generalization.

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Kevin's shivering at the sight of all cruise ships is an example of stimulus generalization, where he is responding in the same way to similar stimuli (all cruise ships) due to his negative experience with one cruise ship. Stimulus discrimination (A) would be the opposite, where Kevin would be able to differentiate between different types of cruise ships and not respond with fear to all of them. Scapegoating (B) refers to unfairly blaming a certain individual or group for a problem, which does not apply in this situation. Acquisition (C) refers to the initial learning process of forming associations between stimuli and responses, which does not apply here since Kevin's behavior is a result of a negative experience.

While on a Cruise Ship,Kevin Became Sick After Eating a Seafood