A woman no longer receives compliments on the perfume she wears.In learning terms, the stimulus-response connection has weakened.Which of the following processes best explains what has occurred in the example?
A)Negative reinforcement
B)Extinction
C)Discrimination
D)Generalisation

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Extinction is the process by which a behavior or response weakens over time when the original stimulus is no longer present or is no longer associated with the same outcome. In this case, the lack of compliments on the perfume is no longer reinforcing the behavior of wearing the perfume, which weakens the stimulus-response connection.

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