Fred is afraid of spiders. He won\'t even watch a nature show on TV about them.

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Fred is afraid of spiders. He won't even watch a nature show on TV about them. 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 When he Select one: a. extinguished because he feels anxious after doing so b. negatively reinforced because he is rewarded by his anxiety going down c.recovered spontaneously because he will never get better d. positively reinforced because he will lose his fear of spider in the long run e.positively reinforced because he is rewarded by his anxiety going down

Explanation / Answer

b is correct. Fred’s avoidance behaviour is negatively reinforced as it is removing the aversive stimulus- anxiety over seeing the image of a spider.

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