Carly used to get very anxious in the waiting room at her doctor's office because it was associated with the pain of having blood drawn.Recently,Carly's doctor retired,and a new doctor took over his office.Carly's new doctor uses a technique that is virtually painless,and the sight of the waiting room is no longer associated with pain.Consequently,Carly finds her anxiety in the waiting room has disappeared.Which classical conditioning process does this illustrate

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The process of extinction involves the weakening and eventual disappearance of the conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus (in this case, the waiting room) is presented repeatedly without the unconditioned stimulus (the pain of having blood drawn). In Carly's case, the new doctor's painless technique has resulted in the discontinuation of the unconditioned stimulus, causing Carly's association between the waiting room and pain (the conditioned response) to gradually disappear.

Carly Used to Get Very Anxious in the Waiting Room