Suppose you produce classical conditioning and then extinction.If you wait a long time and then test again,what will happen?
A)Generalization
B)Discrimination
C)Spontaneous recovery
D)Inhibition

Question

​Suppose you produce classical conditioning and then extinction.If you wait a long time and then test again,what will happen?
A)Generalization
B)Discrimination​
C)Spontaneous recovery​
D)Inhibition​

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Spontaneous recovery is the reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a period of time has passed without further conditioning. Therefore, if classical conditioning and then extinction occur, and then a long time passes without further conditioning, when tested again, there may be a temporary reappearance of the conditioned response, called spontaneous recovery. Choice A, generalization, refers to the tendency to respond to stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus; Choice B, discrimination, refers to the ability to differentiate between the conditioned stimulus and other stimuli; Choice D, inhibition, does not accurately describe the response after the passage of time following classical conditioning and extinction.

​Suppose You Produce Classical Conditioning and Then Extinction

Suppose You Produce Classical Conditioning and Then Extinction