Cynthia had an intense fear of cats. Her psychologist repeatedly paired her love for classical music with the gradual exposure of Cynthia to a cat until her fear for cats was cured. In this scenario, Cynthia's fear was cured using ________.
A)regularization
B)counterconditioning
C)cognitive dissonance
D)free association

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Cynthia's fear was cured using counterconditioning, which involves the pairing of an undesirable stimulus (cats) with a desirable one (classical music) in order to change the emotional response to the undesirable stimulus.

Cynthia Had an Intense Fear of Cats