As a Child, Rahul Was Bitten by a Spider and Thereafter

Multiple Choice

As a child, Rahul was bitten by a spider and thereafter developed an intense phobia of them. His mother, in an effort to treat Rahul's phobia, eventually took him to a psychologist who gradually exposed him to spiders. After a few sessions of having nonthreatening experiences with spiders, Rahul was able to overcome his phobia. In the context of classical conditioning, this is an example of ________.

A) stimulus generalization
B) habituation
C) extinction
D) backward conditioning