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spontaneous recovery
[ spon-tey-nee-uhs ri-kuhv-uh-ree ]
noun
- Psychology. the unexpected revival of a conditioned response after its association with the stimulus has been erased: conditioning ( def 2 ).
Spontaneous recovery was first demonstrated by Pavlov (1927) and has since been repeated in several studies.
spontaneous recovery
noun
- psychol the reappearance of a response after its extinction has been followed by a period of rest
Word History and Origins
Origin of spontaneous recovery1
Example Sentences
In country districts the process of disintegration was immediate, the spontaneous recovery was slow.
In vigorous young animals that are left to run at pasture when so mildly affected, spontaneous recovery occurs.
In such instances one leg only was so mutilated and in most instances, it is reported that spontaneous recovery took place.
Where a spontaneous recovery does not take place, these p. 184prove fatal in a short time.
After twenty-four hours the paralysis began to recede, and in a few days I had made a spontaneous recovery.
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