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Psychological Phenomena > Mental Processes > Learning > Reinforcement, Psychology > Extinction, Psychological

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Extinction, Psychological  

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Entry terms

  • Extinction (Psychology)
  • Extinctions (Psychology)
  • Psychological Extinction

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2007 (1963)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005108

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