Early termination of a shock-avoidance CS due to an avoidance response prevents an organism from experiencing much of the CS.This describes the mechanism for
A) flooding.
B) response prevention.
C) conditioned suppression.
D) conservation of fear.

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Conservation of fear refers to the idea that by avoiding the conditioned stimulus (CS) through an avoidance response, the organism does not experience the CS fully, thus maintaining the fear associated with it.

Early Termination of a Shock-Avoidance CS Due to an Avoidance