Sully Has a Painful Experience at the Dentist's Office

Multiple Choice

Sully has a painful experience at the dentist's office. The next time his mother brings him to the dentist's office, Sully gets tense and anxious. Sully's mother takes him to a new dentist, Dr. Theron, who makes sure that Sully's visits are painless. Sully is anxious at first, but after a few visits, he no longer resists going to the new dentist. Sully's change in behavior can probably best be explained in terms of which of the following?

A) Extinction
B) Spontaneous recovery
C) Higher-order conditioning
D) Sensory preconditioning
E) Stimulus generalization