The reappearance of a learned response after extinction has occurred is called

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Spontaneous recovery refers to the reappearance of a response that had been previously extinguished. After a period of time has passed following extinction, the response can suddenly reappear in response to the conditioned stimulus. This does not involve counterconditioning (the pairing of a new stimulus with the conditioned stimulus), instinctive drift (the tendency of animals to revert to instinctual behaviors), stimulus discrimination (the ability to distinguish between different stimuli), or discriminatory reappearance (which is not a commonly used term in psychology).

The Reappearance of a Learned Response After Extinction Has Occurred