Sandy loves pop music and every time a "boy band" has come to town for a concert,she has pouted until her husband bought her a ticket.Last year,she heard about the Backstreet Boys concert and started whining to her husband about how badly she wanted to go,but he ignored her and did not buy her a ticket.This year,she wanted to go see Justin Bieber in concert but did not pout or whine to her husband and bought her own ticket.What process of conditioning has most likely occurred?
A)Extinction
B)Spontaneous recovery
C)Stimulus discrimination
D)Stimulus generalization

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Extinction occurs when a conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with an unconditioned stimulus, leading to a decrease in the conditioned response. In this case, Sandy's husband ignoring her whining and not buying her a ticket for the Backstreet Boys concert led to a decrease in her pouting and whining behavior.

Sandy Loves Pop Music and Every Time a "Boy Band