Wendy went swimming in the ocean last week and became mildly fearful when she swallowed a lot of

water and felt as though she would drown. Just yesterday someone told her that a shark was seen in the
water at the same time she was swimming.

Now she is petrified of going into the ocean. This best
illustrates

A) the inability of the phobic person to direct their attention away from a feared object.
B) the "inflation effect.
C) the observational learning explanation for phobias.
D) classically conditioned generalization based on direct experience.

B