In an experiment on classical conditioning, the training may go through three steps. If so, the only possible order of those steps is:

A) acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery
B) acquisition, spontaneous recovery, extinction
C) extinction, acquisition, spontaneous recovery
D) spontaneous recovery, acquisition, extinction

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in which a neutral stimulus comes to elicit a response after being paired with a stimulus that naturally elicits that response.

Acquisition

The process of learning or obtaining something, such as skills, knowledge, or possessions.

Extinction

The process in which a conditioned response gradually diminishes and eventually disappears as the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus.