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extinction
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extinction /ex·tinc·tion/ (eks-tink´shun) in psychology, the disappearance of a conditioned response as a result of nonreinforcement; also, the process by which the disappearance is accomplished.
ex·tinc·tion (k-stngkshn)
n.
Progressive reduction in the strength of the conditioned response in successive conditioning trials during which only the conditioned stimulus is presented and the unconditioned stimulus is omitted. See absorbance.
extinction
[iksting′shən]
a state of being lost or destroyed.
extinction [eks-ting´shun]
in psychology, the disappearance of a conditioned response as a result of its not being reinforced; also, the process by which the disappearance is accomplished. See also conditioning.
extinction
the disappearance of a conditioned response as a result of nonreinforcement.
extinction
Psychiatry A facet of operant–classical conditioning, in which the conditioned response is weakened and eventually disappears by nonreinforcement. See Operant conditioning, Respondent conditioning, Sensory extinction.
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