A behavioral therapist would explain the agoraphobic's fear of leaving the house as a(n) ____.
A) direct conditioning experience
B) exaggerated fear stemming from a single panic attack
C) unconscious way of preventing the acting out of sexual desires
D) subtype of obsessive compulsive disorder

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Behavioral therapists often attribute phobias, like agoraphobia, to direct conditioning experiences where a person learns to associate a particular situation with fear due to past experiences.

A Behavioral Therapist Would Explain the Agoraphobic's Fear of Leaving