Alice developed a fear of the water when she fell out of a canoe two summers ago.Then she took swimming lessons and she thought she had finally overcome her fear of water.Alice was eagerly looking forward to an upcoming vacation at the lake.However, as soon as she stepped back into a canoe, she was instantly terrified again.The reappearance of Alice's fear of water illustrates the classical conditioning process referred to as:
A)extinction
B)conditioned inhibition
C)spontaneous recovery
D)overjustification

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Spontaneous recovery occurs when a previously extinguished conditioned response reappears after a period of time. In this case, Alice's fear of water reappeared when she stepped back into a canoe, even though she thought she had overcome her fear through swimming lessons. This is an example of spontaneous recovery.

Alice Developed a Fear of the Water When She Fell