In a psychology laboratory experiment, your group has conditioned a dog to salivate at the sound of the radio. After conditioning is successful, the dog is put through an extinction process so that he no longer salivates at the sound. After being removed from the test situation for a few days, he is brought back in. The dog salivates at the sound of the radio again. This is an example of _____.
A. stimulus generalization
B. higher-order conditioning
C. sensitization
D. spontaneous recovery
Answer: D
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a. True b. False
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