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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 stimulus
Familiarity information: EXPERIMENTAL EXTINCTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• 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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