Following Conditioning, Repeated Presentations of the Conditioned Stimulus in the Absence

question 146

Multiple Choice

Following conditioning, repeated presentations of the conditioned stimulus in the absence of the unconditioned stimulus will lead to a reduction and eventually a disappearance of the conditioned response. This phenomenon is referred to as

• A) spontaneous recovery.
• B) generalization.
• C) acquisition.
• D) extinction.

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