The tendency for maladaptive responses extinguished during therapy to reappear when the client is outside the therapist's office is BEST explained by
A)higher-order conditioning.
B)intermittent reinforcement.
C)avoidance learning.
D)the renewal effect.

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The renewal effect explains the phenomenon where extinguished behaviors reappear when an individual is in an environment different from where the extinction took place, such as returning to a context outside of therapy.

The Tendency for Maladaptive Responses Extinguished During Therapy to Reappear