After Pavlov's dogs became conditioned to salivate at the sound of the metronome, he experimented with sounding the metronome and then failing to present the dogs with any food right away. Soon they stopped salivating to the sound of the metronome. This represents the process called

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The process of Pavlov sounding the metronome and then failing to present food, leading to the dogs' eventual lack of response to the sound, is called extinction. This is because the behavior (salivating to the metronome) is no longer being reinforced with the presentation of food.

After Pavlov's Dogs Became Conditioned to Salivate at the Sound