Alyssa is participating in an experiment.The researcher plays a sound and then applies a puff of air to Alyssa's eye.Eventually,Alyssa blinks when she hears the sound,before the puff of air is delivered.After a number of trials of the researcher presenting just the sound,Alyssa stops blinking.However,when Alyssa visits the lab the following week,the researcher plays the sound and Alyssa blinks.Alyssa's blinking in response to the sound on her return visit,is an example of
A)extinction.
B)discrimination.
C)generalization.
D)spontaneous recovery.

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Alyssa's blinking in response to the sound on her return visit indicates spontaneous recovery. Spontaneous recovery refers to the reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a period of time has passed since its extinction. In this case, Alyssa had previously undergone extinction training where the sound was repeatedly presented without the puff of air, resulting in her ceasing to blink in response to the sound. However, when she returned to the lab after a week, she blinked in response to the sound again, showing that the response had spontaneously recovered.

Alyssa Is Participating in an Experiment