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Reacting with anxiety to the sound of an electric coffee grinder because it sounds similar to a dentist's drill (the original conditioned stimulus) is a classic example of…

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Reacting with anxiety to the sound of an electric coffee grinder because it sounds similar to a dentist's drill (the original conditioned stimulus) is a classic example of 'Stimulus Generalization' in classical conditioning.

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