Following his experience in the military, Hans developed a classically conditioned fear response to radio static. After he left the military, the response extinguished. However, after not hearing radio static for several months, Hans again shows the conditioned fear response. Hans's experience is best described by
A)stimulus generalization.
B)stimulus discrimination.
C)reconditioning.
D)spontaneous recovery.
E)shaping.

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Hans's experience is an example of spontaneous recovery, which is the reappearance of a conditioned response after a period of lessened response. This occurs without new learning or conditioning sessions, indicating that the original learning was not forgotten but merely suppressed.

Following His Experience in the Military, Hans Developed a Classically