In classical conditioning, the term extinction can be misleading because:

A) spontaneous recovery of extinguished conditioned responses can occur.
B) conditioned stimuli cannot lose the ability to elicit conditioned responses.
C) extinction does not change the mental representation of one's environment.
D) extinction is a continuous and irreversible process.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a period of time without exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Mental Representation

An internal image or concept of an external reality or abstract idea.

Extinct Conditioned Responses

The process by which a conditioned response becomes weaker or disappears after the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus.