As a child, Steven associated the smell of brownies with his grandmother, but when he got older this no longer happened. However, one day Steven went into a bakery, smelled fresh-baked brownies, and immediately thought of his grandmother. In terms of classical conditioning, Steven's thinking about his grandmother in the bakery illustrates which of the following?

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Spontaneous recovery refers to the reappearance of a conditioned response (in this case, thinking of his grandmother upon smelling brownies) after a period of apparent extinction or absence of the response.

As a Child, Steven Associated the Smell of Brownies with His