Question

Mariah developed a fear of the water when she fell off a river raft last summer. This year she took swimming lessons and thought she had finally overcome her fear of water. She was eagerly looking forward to an upcoming rafting trip, however, as soon as she stepped onto the raft she was instantly terrified again. This illustrates the classical conditioning process known as:

Answer 1

The classical conditioning process is Spontaneous Recovery. After Mariah took simming lessons, her fear of the water disappeared (known as extinction of the conditional response). But as soon as she stepped onto the raft, she felt a re emergence of her fear, suffering the same emotions she felt at the first time.