Three-year-old Johnny 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 Johnny responded by salivating again to the bell, at least at first.Johnny'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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Johnny's return to the learned response after extinction is known as spontaneous recovery. This refers to the sudden reappearance of a previously extinguished behavior, which occurs when the original conditioned stimulus is presented again.

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