Cody developed a severe fear of flying when he was piloting a small plane through some severe turbulence.He has been seeing a therapist,and it appears that his fear response has been successfully extinguished.The therapist used a flight simulator to help Cody practise his piloting skills in a safe setting.However,the first time Cody stepped back into a real plane,his fear returned.What phenomenon does this illustrate

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This illustrates the renewal effect, which occurs when an extinguished response reappears when the individual is exposed to the feared stimuli in a different context, such as when Cody was in a real plane after practicing in a flight simulator. This can happen because the individual did not learn to generalize their fear extinction to other contexts.

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