When the veterinarian advised an owner to feed her dog in the morning instead of in the evening, it took several days for the dog to stop salivating late in the afternoon around its previous dinner time. This is an example of:

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The dog's salivation around its previous dinner time was a conditioned response to the evening feeding schedule. The change in feeding schedule resulted in extinction of this conditioned response, which took several days for the dog to adjust to. Spontaneous recovery refers to the reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a period of time, generalization refers to the tendency to respond to stimuli that are similar to the original conditioned stimulus, and second-order conditioning refers to the process of using a previously conditioned stimulus to condition a new stimulus. None of these apply to the scenario described.

When the Veterinarian Advised an Owner to Feed Her Dog