Suppose you are afraid of snakes. You become highly agitated even if you see a picture of a snake, but your fear disappears when you look away. In this case, your avoidance of snakes is being
A) extinguished.
B) cured.
C) positively reinforced.
D) negatively reinforced.

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The fear disappears when the individual looks away from the picture, indicating that the avoidance behavior is being negatively reinforced (i.e. the removal of the aversive stimulus - the picture of the snake - leads to a decrease of the fear response).

Suppose You Are Afraid of Snakes