Question

Eric does not accept invitations to go skiing due to a childhood experience of being buried in an avalanche while visiting relatives in the mountains. Eric is maintaining his fear of skiing through __________.

Answer 1

It is through operant conditioning.

The behaviour shown in operant conditioning is controlled by the consequences. Every time Eric thinks about skiing, he remembers his childhood experience of being buried in an avalanche and is afraid of that incident repeating again. Thinking of that as the consequence of skiing, Eric does not want to go skiing again and refuses the invitations.