Question

Tina's car was sideswiped as she was making a blind turn while leaving a parking lot. After this accident, Tina had a panic attack whenever she was near that lot, so she could not park there. Several months later, the attacks stopped, and she started parking there again. Then, one day as she was approaching the parking lot, Tina had an unexpected panic attack. This scenario exemplifies:_____________A. stimulus discrimination.

B. spontaneous recovery.
C. mimicry.
D. imprinting.

Answer 1

Answer: B. spontaneous recovery.

Explanation: Spontaneous recovery can be simply defined as a phenomenon where behaviors or pattern of response to certain stimulus which was considered to be in extinction reemerges after a long period of time.

Tina's response to the scene of accident was a panic attack, this response stopped for a while and the same response to the scene of accident reemerges again after a long period of time, this scenario exemplifies Spontaneous recovery.