Sometime after a horse knocked him down at summer camp, Arnold overcame this fear and he went horseback riding regularly until camp ended. On the first day of camp the following summer, while being helped onto a horse, he started to cry and said he was scared. Why?

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Spontaneous recovery refers to the sudden reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a period of no exposure to the conditioned stimulus. Arnold's fear of horses, which he had overcome, reappeared unexpectedly at the start of the next summer camp.

Sometime After a Horse Knocked Him Down at Summer Camp