Dante was recently bitten in the leg by a snake and now has learned to fear snakes.If his fear is out of proportion with the danger posed by snakes,then Dante has developed
A) an evolutionary adaptation.
B) stimulus discrimination.
C) a phobia.
D) second-order conditioning.

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Dante's exaggerated fear of snakes, despite the actual level of danger they pose, is indicative of a phobia. Phobias are characterized by intense, irrational fears of specific objects or situations that are out of proportion to the actual threat.

Dante Was Recently Bitten in the Leg by a Snake