APFIVE Spontaneous Recovery in Conditioning
A patient with a severe fear of elevators undergoes therapy involving repeated exposure to them without any adverse events, leading to a significant reduction in the fear response. After a two-week period with no exposure to elevators, the patient’s fear reappears upon encountering one. Which principle of conditioning best explains this recurrence of the fear response?
A
Acquisition
B
Discrimination
C
Higher-order conditioning
D
Spontaneous recovery
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