Problem:
Respond to at least one of your colleagues' initial Discussion postings in one or more of the following ways: Suggest an alternative way their CER could be extinguished and why your method would be more or less effective than theirs. " A conditioned emotional response (CER) I developed occurred after nearly being in a serious car accident. The unconditioned stimulus (US) was the sudden screech of tires and a car swerving into my lane, which naturally triggered fear. The unconditioned response (UR) was an intense surge of anxiety and a racing heart. Before this event, driving on highways was neutral; thus, highway driving functioned as the neutral stimulus (NS). After the incident, however, highway driving became associated with fear and transformed into a conditioned stimulus (CS), producing a conditioned response (CR) of anxiety whenever I drove at high speeds. To extinguish this CER, I would repeatedly expose myself to highway driving without any negative outcomes. According to classical conditioning principles, extinction occurs when the CS is presented without the US over time, weakening the learned association (Bouton, 2019). I would know extinction has occurred when I can drive on the highway without experiencing significant anxiety. However, if spontaneous recovery occurs, the fear response may briefly return after a period of non-exposure, indicating the association is suppressed rather than erased. To address this CER, I would use systematic desensitiza" Need Assignment Help?