Psychology / Unit 5 Psych 0512 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Spontaneous Recovery
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The idea
Spontaneous recovery is the reappearance of an extinguished conditioned response after a period of rest.
In practice
After extinction and a day's delay, the tone produces salivation again, weaker than before.
Where people slip
Spontaneous recovery is the evidence that extinction suppresses rather than deletes.
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