When People Experience a Traumatic Event, They Can Sometimes Develop

Multiple Choice

When people experience a traumatic event, they can sometimes develop classically conditioned associations with otherwise unrelated stimuli that were present in the environment at the time of the trauma. Imagine this happens to Fredrick with a song playing on the radio during a car accident. What term is used to refer to the period of time in which that association is learned?

A) generalization
B) habituation
C) persistence
D) discrimination
E) acquisition