A rat had been reinforced for lever press behaviors.After one day of extinction training, the rat was demonstrating very low levels of responding.When the rat was returned to the test cage the next day, there was a small recovery in the rate of responding.This increase is called
A)spontaneous recovery.
B)dishabituation.
C)disinhibition.
D)the extinction burst.

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Spontaneous recovery is the reappearance of a behavior after it has gone through a period of extinction. It is a small but temporary increase in the behavior and can occur even after a single extinction session. Dishabituation is when a previously habituated response returns after experiencing a novel stimulus, which is not the case here. Disinhibition is a phenomenon where the suppression of a behavior is reduced by weakening the inhibitory neurons, which is also not applicable here. The extinction burst refers to an initial temporary increase in the behavior when the reinforcement is withheld, which is not the case here as the rat had already gone through one day of extinction training.

A Rat Had Been Reinforced for Lever Press Behaviors