What causes extinction?
A) The conditioned response is no longer rewarding to the organism.
B) The unconditioned stimulus no longer evokes a response from the organism.
C) The organism learns that the conditioned stimulus no longer predicts the unconditioned stimulus.
D) Spontaneous recovery fails to occur.

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Extinction occurs when the organism learns that the conditioned stimulus no longer predicts the unconditioned stimulus. This means that the association between the two stimuli weakens and eventually disappears, resulting in the conditioned response no longer being elicited. Factors such as a lack of reinforcement or exposure to the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus can contribute to this process.

What Causes Extinction