The continued presentation of the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus will result in the gradual disappearance of the conditioned response.What is this phenomenon called

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Extinction is the gradual disappearance of the conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without the unconditioned stimulus. The other options are not applicable in this scenario: conditioned forgetting implies the loss of the conditioned response due to interference or passage of time; suppression is an intentional effort to inhibit a response; and inhibition refers to the reduced strength of a response due to the presence of competing stimuli.

The Continued Presentation of the Conditioned Stimulus Without the Unconditioned