What Is the Main Difference Between a Group and a Social

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Essay

What is the main difference between a group and a social institution?

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Definitions:

Extinction

A process in which the conditioned response is weakened when the conditioned stimulus is repeated without the unconditioned stimulus.

Acquisition

The gradual formation of an association between conditioned and unconditioned stimuli.

Spontaneous Recovery

A process in which a previously extinguished response reemerges after the conditioned stimulus is presented again.

Conditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, triggers a conditioned response.