You train your dog Milo to salivate to the sound of a bell.Then you ring the bell every five minutes and don't follow the ringing with food for Milo.He salivates less and less and finally stops salivating at all when the bell rings.But the next morning,when you ring the bell,Milo salivates! What term is used to explain the reappearance of this response?
A)latent learning
B)spontaneous recovery
C)extinction
D)stimulus generalization

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Spontaneous recovery refers to the reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a period of time without reinforcement. In this scenario, the previous day's extinction of the response to the bell ringing was only temporary, and Milo's response reappeared unexpectedly the next day.

You Train Your Dog Milo to Salivate to the Sound