After weeks of successful extinction trials, your pet dachshund suddenly resumes burying bones in the front yard. Your pet trainer advises you that the dog's current behavior is an example of
A)shaping.
B)stimulus generalization.
C)spontaneous recovery.
D)satiation.

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Spontaneous recovery refers to the sudden reappearance of a previously extinguished response. In this case, the dachshund's behavior of burying bones, which had stopped after extinction trials, suddenly resumes, illustrating this phenomenon.

After Weeks of Successful Extinction Trials, Your Pet Dachshund Suddenly