Question

Graham is a 5-year-old who has a conditioned fear of furry and hairy things. he is fond of a snack of milk and chocolate cookies and associates pleasant feelings with it. psychologists pair a cat with the snack that graham enjoys until his fear of the cat goes away. this is an example of ________. counterconditioning stimulus discrimination instinctive drift spontaneous recovery

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: counter conditioning

counter conditioning refers to the process of changing unwanted behaviour to a wanted behaviour by utilizing positive reinforcement.
In the scenario above, being scared of furry things is the unwanted behaviour, not being scared of furry things is the wanted behaviours, and the favourite snack is the positive environment.