Pavlov found that if he allowed his animals to rest for several hours following the extinction of a behavior, the conditioned response would spontaneously appear again upon re-presentation of the conditioned stimulus-although in a somewhat weaker form. This is called
A) discrimination
B) generalization
C) spontaneous recovery
D) second-order conditioning

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Spontaneous recovery refers to the reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a period of rest, which is exactly what Pavlov observed with his animals.

Pavlov Found That If He Allowed His Animals to Rest