Mean conditioned responses (CR; skin conductance response to CS+ minus CS-) during late acquisition, late extinction, and a second day extinction retrieval test for participants previously exposed to escapable (ES) or inescapable (IS) stress, and control (C) participants. ES and C participants, but not IS, exhibited decreased CRs during extinction. At day two retrieval test, ES fear expression remained low, C participants showed evidence of spontaneous recovery, and IS CRs increased and were significantly higher than those of ES participants. * p < .05, † p < .1.