A young child is conditioned to fear a fuzzy, white teddy-bear, by associating it with a sudden, loud sound. After a short period of time, the child becomes fearful of any white, fuzzy object. This response is called:

Stimulus generation

Explanation:

Stimulus generation is the tendency of a new stimulus to bring out responses or behaviors similar to those elicited by another stimulus. For example, Ivan Pavlov conditioned dogs to salivate using the sound of a bell and food powder. This is using situations to build a different kind of stimuli into beings. The child becoming fearful of any white, fuzzy object is due to him being conditioned to being afraid of fuzzy, white teddy-bear, by associating it with a sudden, loud sound thereby generating a Stimulus generation.

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