Respondentย Extinctionย is theย process in which a conditioned responseAย responseย is a single occurrence or instance of aย behavi... More gradually weakens and eventually disappears when the conditioned stimulusStimulusย is defined as any change in the environment or for... More is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus. Over time, the association between the conditioned stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus is diminished.
Example
A dog has learned to salivate when it hears a bell because the bell (conditioned stimulus) was repeatedly paired with food (unconditioned stimulus). If the bell is continuously rung without being followed by food, the dogโs salivation (conditioned response) will decrease over time and eventually stop. This reduction in the conditioned response is called respondentย extinction.