Question

Long after she had successfully extinguished a dog's classically conditioned response of salivating at the sound of a bell, Dr. Sheckenov noticed that the dog again salivated when it heard the bell. This example illustrates the phenomenon of _______.
a. instinctive drift.b. stimulus generalization.c. spontaneous recovery.d. latent learning.

Answer 1

Answer:

c. spontaneous recovery

Explanation:

Dogs tend to associate stimuli and develop a response. Spontaneous recovery is related to learning and memory, and in technical terms, it is the reappearance of a conditioned response after a delay. It is associated with classical conditioning, by combining two stimuli and producing a response.