Molly's dog no longer sits when Molly says, "Sit!" because Molly no longer feeds the animal table scraps when it obeys. The dog sits, though, when Molly's sister visits one evening and says "Sit!" Molly's dog is demonstrating:

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The dog's behavior of sitting when Molly's sister says "Sit!" after it had stopped responding to Molly's command is an example of spontaneous recovery, where a previously extinguished response reappears after a period of non-exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Molly's Dog No Longer Sits When Molly Says, "Sit!" Because