With more and more avoidance trials in which the response terminates the warning signal,
A) extinction of fear should take place, presenting a problem for two-factor theory when extinction of avoidance does not occur.
B) fear is increased with more conditioning trials, making the response very resistant to extinction.
C) both fear of the warning stimulus and the avoidance response will be maintained.
D) SSDRs will eventually interfere with avoidance learning.

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In two-factor theory, fear is expected to extinguish if the warning signal is repeatedly presented without the aversive event. However, if avoidance behavior continues to prevent the aversive event, fear extinction does not occur, posing a problem for the theory.

With More and More Avoidance Trials in Which the Response