Bart developed a severe fear of flying when he was piloting a small plan through some severe turbulence.He has been seeing a therapist,and it appears that his fear response has been successfully extinguished.The therapist used a flight simulator to help Bart practice his piloting skills in a safe setting.However,the first time Bart stepped back into a real plane,his fear returned.This example illustrates the phenomenon known as
A) second-order conditioning.
B) the renewal effect.
C) unblocking.
D) stimulus generalization.

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The renewal effect is when an extinct response reappears when the individual is returned to the original setting where the fear was acquired. In this case, the fear response returned when Bart stepped back into a real plane, which was the original setting where he experienced turbulence and developed his fear of flying.

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