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EXPERIMENTAL EXTINCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does experimental extinction mean? 

EXPERIMENTAL EXTINCTION (noun)
  The noun EXPERIMENTAL EXTINCTION has 1 sense:

1. a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulusplay

  Familiarity information: EXPERIMENTAL EXTINCTION used as a noun is very rare.


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EXPERIMENTAL EXTINCTION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

experimental extinction; extinction

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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