Three-year-old Taye was classically conditioned to salivate to a bell that was paired with lemon juice. After this conditioned response was extinguished, the experimenter presented the bell the following day, and Taye responded by salivating again to the bell, at least at first. Taye's return to the learned response is known as
A)latent learning.
B)response chaining.
C)spontaneous recovery.
D)stimulus control.

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Taye's return to the learned response after extinction, upon hearing the bell again, is an example of spontaneous recovery. This phenomenon occurs when a previously extinguished conditioned response reappears after a rest period.

Three-Year-Old Taye Was Classically Conditioned to Salivate to a Bell