You decide to take a job house-sitting for one of your professors. She lives in a big, creepy old house in the Dundee area, and as it gets later and later at night, you think you hear noises outside of something scratching trying to get in. You recently heard a news story that there might be a chupacabra (a scary animal) in the area, but you're not sure whether it's true. With each scratch, you become more and more scared. Just when you're on the brink of panicking, your mom calls you on your phone, which is in your pocket, and set to ring as well as vibrate. This sudden noise and movement when you were already becoming increasingly scared was enough to make you jump out of your chair and scream. This is an example of:
What will be an ideal response?
Sensitization
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