Spontaneous recovery is purportedly one of those principles of learning that would seem to affirm the idea that once behavior is learned,it remains permanent.The spontaneous recovery paradigm -keeping classical conditioning in focus- is that after a period of extinction the amount of trials needed to re-establish the conditioned response will be far less than the original trials to criteria.But is this a continuation of past conditioning history or simply new learning? The nomenclature spontabeous recovery would seem to imply thal almost "magically" what was extinguished has resurfaced when in reality it is a new conditioning process. I have the same issue with the term "relapse" re addictive behavior. When we say that someone is going into relapse the assumption is that this is a continuation of past conditioning history.The fact is that "relapse" behavior is an entirely new behavior (similarly to the past of course) but could be a function of entirely different conditioning parameters.Ater all,there is such a thing as "one-trial" learning and state-dependent learning.Spontaneous recovery and relapse would also seem to imply a deterministic aspect to human life ubdermining the human capacity for multiple choices.I suspect that what we mean by spontaneous recovery and its human cousin "relapse" are manifestations of a repressed need. There are three terms that would behove us to extinguish(no pun intended) from the behavoral science vocabulary namey race,intelligence,and relapse.
In a theoretical psychology frame of mind, Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=2785 or send a blank email to leave-2785-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
