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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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2000),is a District of Columbia case where the court determined that a rollover of qualified plan assets into an IRA by the decedent prior to death did not constitute ademption under the probate code.
59) In the event that there is insufficient or absent property in an estate to fill a specific bequest, the theory of ademption directs a court to assign the legatee either nothing if the donative intent was satisfied through prior transfer or the nearest equivalent if the donative intent was not satisfied.
 
 
 
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