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 __________
a) positively reinforced; he is rewarded by his anxiety going down
b) negatively reinforced; he is rewarded by his anxiety going down
c) recovered spontaneously; he will never get better
d) extinguished; he feels anxious after doing so
Answer: B
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