Kaleb developed a fear of snowstorms two winters ago when his car spun off the road and hit a tree during a blizzard.As the winter progressed,and he had no further accidents,Kaleb thought his fear of snowstorms had disappeared.To his surprise,this winter when the first heavy snow started to fall as he was driving,he found his heart was pounding and he was trembling.What does this illustrate

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Spontaneous recovery refers to the reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a period of rest. In this scenario, even though Kaleb had gone through a winter without any accidents, the fear response resurfaced when he encountered heavy snowfall again, indicating spontaneous recovery. It cannot be stimulus generalization, as it refers to the tendency to respond to a similar but not identical stimulus to the original conditioned stimulus. Higher-order conditioning involves a conditioned stimulus being paired with a neutral stimulus to create a second conditioned stimulus, which is not evident in this scenario. Extinction would occur if Kaleb's fear response had weakened with repeated exposure to snowstorms.

Kaleb Developed a Fear of Snowstorms Two Winters Ago When