Although Cathy had successfully extinguished the association between unknown cars and fear for over a month, when she saw an unfamiliar car on her street, she felt fear again. This is an example of _____________.
A)spontaneous recovery
B)spontaneous conditioning
C)recovered conditioning
D)recovered acquisition

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Spontaneous recovery refers to the reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a period of no exposure to the conditioned stimulus. In this case, Cathy's fear response to unknown cars, which had been extinguished, reappeared upon seeing an unfamiliar car, illustrating spontaneous recovery.

Although Cathy Had Successfully Extinguished the Association Between Unknown Cars