Which of the Following Involves the Development of a Phobia

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following involves the development of a phobia through operant conditioning?

• A) The person has a predisposition to develop a phobia about objects or situations that represented a threat to survival in our evolutionary past.
• B) As a result of a stimulus being associated with an unpleasant event, this previously neutral stimulus now becomes a conditioned stimulus and elicits a fear response.
• C) The person learns to fear a particular object or situation by observing another person reacting fearfully to it.
• D) Avoiding the feared object or situation is negatively reinforcing, so the person is more likely to avoid the feared object or situation again in the future.

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