You train your dog, Atticus, to salivate at the sound of a bell. Then you ring the bell every 5 minutes and don't follow the ringing with food for Atticus. He salivates less and less and finally stops salivating at all when the bell rings. But the next morning, when you ring the bell, Atticus salivates! What term is used to explain the reappearance of this response?
A) counterconditioning
B) instinctive drift
C) spontaneous recovery
D) stimulus discrimination

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Spontaneous recovery is the reappearance of a previously extinguished response. In this case, Atticus stopped salivating at the sound of the bell after it was repeatedly presented without food, but the next morning he started salivating again in response to the same bell.

You Train Your Dog, Atticus, to Salivate at the Sound