After Pavlov's dogs became conditioned to salivate at the sound of the metronome,he experimented by sounding the metronome and then failing to present the dogs with any food right away.Soon,they stopped salivating to the sound of the metronome.This represents the process called ______________.
A)acquisition
B)testing
C)extinction
D)spontaneous recovery

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Extinction is the process by which a conditioned response is weakened when the stimulus that originally triggered it is repeated without the reinforcement of the unconditioned stimulus. In this case, the sound of the metronome no longer produces the conditioned response of salivation because the food reinforcement has been removed.

After Pavlov's Dogs Became Conditioned to Salivate at the Sound