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EXPERIMENTAL EXTINCTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
Synonyms:
experimental extinction; extinction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("experimental extinction" is a kind of...):
conditioning (a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment)