Which of the following scenarios best exemplifies spontaneous recovery?
A)Alexis is a former cocaine user.Now that she no longer uses cocaine,her hands no longer shake and her heart no longer pounds when she hears a car pull into her drive,like her dealer used to do in his car.
B)Alexis uses cocaine.She no longer feels quite the same rush as she did when she first started using.
C)Alexis is a former cocaine user in recovery.After a relapse,though,her hands shake and her heart pounds when she hears a car pull into her drive,like her dealer used to do in his car.
D)Alexis uses cocaine.She finds that she is slowly losing her sense of smell.

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Spontaneous recovery refers to the sudden reappearance of a previously extinguished response. In this scenario, Alexis had recovered from her addiction to cocaine, but after a relapse, she experiences the same physical responses she used to have when she heard her dealer's car pull into her driveway. This sudden reappearance of the response is an example of spontaneous recovery. A and D are not examples of spontaneous recovery because they do not involve the sudden reappearance of a previously extinct response. Choice B describes habituation, which is a decrease in the response to a repeated stimulus over time.

Which of the Following Scenarios Best Exemplifies Spontaneous Recovery