Question

As a child, Blain was attacked by a goose and subsequently developed a severe fear of waterfowl. As he got older, the fear gradually faded until it was all but forgotten. Blaine is now in his early twenties and recently went strolling through a park by the river where he came across a flock of geese. The geese stared at him and he felt slightly fearful, though not as afraid as he had been as a child. Blaine’s fear response to the geese in the park is an example of _______.

Answer 1

Spontaneous recovery

Step-by-step explanation:

Spontaneous recovery is the reemergence of a response which was conditioned that had been erased. This happens as the person is not exposed to the Stimulus which was conditioned over a long period of time.

Here, Blain had not been exposed to the stimulus which was conditioned over a long period of time so the conditioned response was almost erased. But, when Blain was exposed to the Conditioned Stimulus his conditioned response came back. His conditioned response was being afraid of the geese.

Hence, this is an example of spontaneous recovery.