Fred Is Afraid of Spiders

question 184

Multiple Choice

Fred is afraid of spiders.He won't even watch a nature show on TV about them.When he sees a picture of a spider,he has a panic attack,but when he avoids looking at the image,his panic goes away.Fred's avoidance of spiders is being:

• A)extinguished because he feels anxious after doing so.
• B)positively reinforced through the neutral stimulus of avoidance.
• C)positively reinforced because he is rewarded by his anxiety going down.
• D)negatively reinforced because he is rewarded by his anxiety going down.

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