The phenomenon of spontaneous recovery provides support for the idea that:
A) a conditioned response that is extinguished is not unlearned or completely eliminated.
B) a conditioned stimulus can return to being a neutral stimulus after extinction.
C) stimulus generalization is a stronger, more easily produced response than stimulus discrimination.
D) it is easier to produce learned associations between natural stimuli than between artificial stimuli.

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Spontaneous recovery is the reappearance of a conditioned response after a period of extinction. This suggests that the conditioned response that was thought to have been eliminated or unlearned was actually just suppressed, as the learned association can still be reactivated by the presentation of the conditioned stimulus.

The Phenomenon of Spontaneous Recovery Provides Support for the Idea