A few weeks after giving up on buying state lottery tickets, many people are tempted to try again, thus, illustrating the concept of
A)spontaneous recovery.
B)stimulus generalization.
C)superstitious behavior.
D)satiation.

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Spontaneous recovery refers to the reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a period without exposure to the conditioned stimulus. In this context, the desire to buy lottery tickets reemerges after a break, similar to how a conditioned response can return after it was thought to be extinguished.

A Few Weeks After Giving Up on Buying State Lottery