Once the CS or NS is again paired with the US, a response that has been extinguished
A) often becomes transformed into a fixed action pattern.
B) becomes a flexion response.
C) can be reacquired quite rapidly.
D) cannot be reacquired.

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When a conditioned stimulus (CS) or neutral stimulus (NS) is again paired with an unconditioned stimulus (US) after extinction, the previously learned response can be reacquired more quickly than it was initially learned. This phenomenon demonstrates that the original learning is not forgotten but rather suppressed during extinction.

Once the CS or NS Is Again Paired with the US