Ronaldo's dog, mickey, used to be classically conditioned to bark every time he heard the doorbell because he knew people would be arriving and he wanted to say hello. while mickey's owner did a good job of extinguishing mickey's association of these stimuli, a doorbell can still sometimes evoke some responding again of mickey barking. it is likely that mikey is showing what aspect of conditioning?

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Oliver Richard

13 March, 14:13

Ronaldo's dog, mickey, used to be classically conditioned to bark every time he heard the doorbell because he knew people would be arriving and he wanted to say hello. while mickey's owner did a good job of extinguishing mickey's association of these stimuli, a doorbell can still sometimes evoke some responding again of mickey barking. it is likely that mikey is showing what aspect of conditioning?

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Aisha Watkins · Answer 1

The correct answer is spontaneous recovery.

Spontaneous recovery refers to phenomenon where an extinguished conditioned response or behavior re-emerges. In this example, Mickey is exhibiting spontaneous recovery when his extinguished behavior - barking when the doorbell rings - re-emerges. Research studies have found that occasional occurrences of spontaneous recovery are common after conditioned behaviors have been extinguished.