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Extinction in Classical Conditioning

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Extinction is the weakening of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus.

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Salivation to the tone declines across trials in which the tone is never followed by food.

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Extinction does not erase the original learning. It adds new learning that competes with it.