EXPERIMENTAL EXTINCTION

Pronunciation (US):

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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)

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