Question

3-year-old Lacy always gets her favorite juice in her Scooby-Doo cup, so she drinks readily. But now the Scooby-Doo cup is in the dishwasher, so mom puts her juice in the Dora the Explorer cup that is identical to the Scooby-Doo cup except for the decorations. Lacy refuses to drink because she ________.

Question 15 options:
a)
generalizes from the Scooby-Doo cup to the Dora the Explorer cup
b)
extinguishes her association between the juice and the Scooby-Doo cup
c)
spontaneously recovers her Scooby-Doo reaction when she sees Dora the Explorer
d)
discriminates between the Scooby-Doo cup and the Dora the Explorer cup

Answer 1

Lacy refuses to drink because she generalizes from the Scooby-Doo cup to the Dora the Explorer cup.

Step-by-step explanation:

Lacy refuses to drink because she generalizes from the Scooby-Doo cup to the Dora the Explorer cup. Generalization is a cognitive process where a stimulus that is similar to the original stimulus elicits a similar response. In this case, Lacy has associated her favorite juice with the Scooby-Doo cup, so when presented with a cup that is similar in appearance (Dora the Explorer cup), she refuses to drink.