Clarence is a carefree 3-year-old. One day he attends the circus with his older brother, Junius, and watches as a clown sneaks up behind his brother. Junius turned and began to scream uncontrollably at the clown, who continued to taunt and tease Junius A year later, when his parents propose a clown-themed fourth birthday party, Clarence himself begins screaming uncontrollably. What produced this phobia in Clarence?
A) Biological preparedness
B) Internal psychodynamic conflict
C) Negative reinforcement of circus behavior
D) Observational learning of Junius’ reaction to the clown
D) Observational learning of Junius’ reaction to the clown
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