See Also: Extinction(health)
extinction(medicine)
extinction(dictionary)
extinction(dictionary)
EXTINCTION OF A THING(law)
extinction oblique(medicine)
extinction factor(medicine)
Sensory extinction(health)
extinction coefficient(medicine)
extinction angle(medicine)

Extinction (health)


The weakening of a reinforced operant response as a result of ceasing reinforcement. See also operant conditioning. Also, the elimination of a conditioned response by repeated presentations of a conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus. See also respondent conditioning.