According to the fear of fear model of agoraphobia,

A) the avoidant behaviors that the agoraphobic engages in serve to both maintain and exaggerate
existing conditioned fear reactions.
B) minimal signs of sympathetic arousal come to signal more intense levels of arousal such that slight
changes in autonomic activity become triggers for panic attacks.
C) agoraphobics develop fear responses to so many environmental stimuli that it is impossible to
identify the stimulus that triggers a panic attack.
D) agoraphobia develops when the fear caused by a traumatic event becomes associated with numerous
diverse environmental stimuli.


B

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