Gloria trains a kangaroo to jump when it sees a green light by pairing the light with a mild shock to the kangaroo's footpad.Once the kangaroo has learned the behavior,she extinguishes the jumping in response to the light.A year later,she presents the kangaroo with a green light.What might she see?
A) The kangaroo will jump as a result of spontaneous recovery.
B) The kangaroo will jump because of stimulus generalization.
C) The kangaroo will not jump because the light is not being paired with the foot shock.
D) The kangaroo will not jump because of stimulus discrimination.

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Spontaneous recovery refers to the reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a period of no exposure to the conditioned stimulus. In this case, the kangaroo might jump in response to the green light even after the behavior was extinguished, due to the passage of time since the last exposure.

Gloria Trains a Kangaroo to Jump When It Sees a Green