When Micah was two years old, he was frightened by his Aunt Mabel's little dog, which nipped him on the leg. Because of the incident, Micah developed a strong fear of small dogs but not of large dogs. This best illustrates:
A) spontaneous recovery.
B) stimulus discrimination.
C) stimulus generalization.
D) higher order conditioning.

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Micah's fear response is specific to small dogs and not generalized to large dogs, indicating stimulus discrimination.

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