What mechanism is responsible for the process of extinction?
A)New learning overrides old learning.
B)The previously formed association is forgotten.
C)An aversion is formed in response to the association.
D)Spontaneous recovery replaces the association.

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Extinction occurs when new learning inhibits or suppresses the old association, rather than the old association being forgotten or replaced.

What Mechanism Is Responsible for the Process of Extinction