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... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Psychology > Psychology, Educational > Learning > Reinforcement, Psychology > Extinction, Psychological
... > Psychological Phenomena > Psychology, Applied > Psychology, Educational > Learning > Reinforcement, Psychology > Extinction, Psychological
Psychological Phenomena > Mental Processes > Learning > Reinforcement, Psychology > Extinction, Psychological

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Extinction, Psychological  

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Definition

  • The procedure of presenting the conditioned stimulus without REINFORCEMENT to an organism previously conditioned. It refers also to the diminution of a conditioned response resulting from this procedure.

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  • Extinction (Psychology)
  • Psychological Extinction

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