In Response to Scary Music Preceding a Gory Moment in a Slasher

Multiple Choice

In response to scary music preceding a gory moment in a slasher movie, you grab your friend's leg and elicit a powerful scream from the friend. Why did your friend scream so loudly?

A) The scary music is an occasion setter for the meaning of leg-grabbing.
B) Grabbing the leg during the scary music releases your friend from compensatory responding, allowing the friend to scream.
C) The friend must have experienced such leg-grabbing in the past before viewing gory moments, resulting in conditioning.
D) Fear elicited by the scary music modulated the UR elicited by having the leg grabbed, a response known as fear-potentiated startle.