Both classical conditioning and operant conditioning
subscribe to the idea of spontaneous recovery to some degree. However, the phenomenon
is generally referred to as "resurgence" in operant
conditioning.
Spontaneous recovery is something that can
occur in classical conditioning when the conditioning has been stopped for a period of
time. The behavior that the subject learned through the conditioning may come back on
its own (it may be spontaneously recovered) even after the conditioning has stopped.
So, in the example of Pavlov's dogs, this could happen after Pavlov stopped giving the
dogs food when the bell rang. If, after a long time of him not giving them food, the
dogs started salivating again when the bell rang, that would be spontaneous
recovery.
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