Question

question 9 1 pts fred is afraid of spiders. he wont 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. freds avoidance of spiders is being ________. recovered spontaneously, because he will never get better positively reinforced, because he is rewarded by his anxiety going down extinguished, because he feels anxious after doing so negatively reinforced, because he is rewarded by his anxiety going down

Explanation:

In behaviorism, negative reinforcement involves the removal of an aversive stimulus to increase a behavior. Fred's anxiety (aversive stimulus) goes away when he avoids spiders, which increases his avoidance behavior. Positive reinforcement adds a pleasant stimulus, and extinction would be the decrease of a behavior due to lack of reinforcement. His behavior is not spontaneously recovered as there is a clear reinforcement - related reason for his avoidance.

Answer:

D. negatively reinforced, because he is rewarded by his anxiety going down