Question

Marcia and John were married for eleven years before John passed away. Following his death, Marcia left her home and city because everything reminded her of John. Many years later, Marcia happened to meet a man, her new colleague, who smelled of the cologne that John always wore. Even after so many years, Marcia was drawn to this man because he reminded her of John. In this scenario, Marcia’s reawakened feelings are an example of _____ in classical conditioning. Group of answer choicesa. Spontaneous Recoveryb.Learned helplessnessc.Latent learning

Answer 1

Marcia's reawakened feelings towards a man wearing her late husband's cologne is an example of spontaneous recovery in classical conditioning, where an emotional response reappears after a period of no exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the scenario described, Marcia’s reawakened feelings towards her new colleague because he wore a cologne similar to her late husband John's are an example of spontaneous recovery in classical conditioning. Spontaneous recovery refers to the return of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a period of no exposure to the conditioned stimulus. In this case, the scent of the cologne serves as the conditioned stimulus which, when reintroduced after many years, elicits an emotional response similar to the one associated with her late husband, even after a long period without that stimulus. This phenomenon is due to the implicit emotional conditioning that creates associations between stimuli and emotional responses, which are not easily forgotten and can spontaneously reappear when the stimuli are encountered again.

Answer 2

spontaneous recovery

Step-by-step explanation:

Spontaneous recovery in classical conditioning is a phenomenon that was described by Ivan Pavlov. He defines the term as the re-emergence of a conditioned response that has been previously extinguished. In other words it occurs when a conditioned response reappears after a delay or a rest period. In the case of Marcia, the reappearance of the smell of the cologne reminder her of John and she was drawn to her colleague because of this smell.