Question

Mia is taught to go to sleep when the light is turned off. However, for many months Mia no longer falls asleep when the light is turned off. Later, Mia begins to fall asleep when the light is turned off again. This is an example of ________.
A. classical conditioning
B. spontaneous recovery
C. neutral stimulus
D. higher order conditioning

Answer 1

Answer:

B. spontaneous recovery  

Explanation:

Spontaneous recovery: In psychology, the term spontaneous recovery is more or less associated or connected with conditioning and learning. Fundamentally, spontaneous recovery is defined as the reappearance or restoration of a response being conditioned earlier and had been destroyed. The restoration or recovery can occur only after the behavior is not exposed to the CS or conditioned stimulus for a specific time.

In the question above, the given statement is an example of spontaneous recovery.