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Several of your friends swim at the park on the weekends during the summer. Your neighbor, Elaya, is a good swimmer but happens to belly flop by accident when she attempts to dive. After the belly flop, Elaya goes back to the diving board and continues to repeat her diving over and over again.

How would a cognitive psychologist interpret Elaya's repeated diving attempts?

A) Elaya has seen other people dive, and they keep trying to get it correct, so she tries to model their diving.
B) Elaya is motivated to learn how to dive perfectly and knows that practice makes perfect.
C) Elaya has repressed fears of water and through introspection she knows that the only get better is to face the fear.