Extinction (psychology)
Extinction is the conditioning phenomenon in which a behavior that has been previously reinforced no longer results in the reinforcing consequences and, therefore, the behavior stops occurring in the future.
Read more about Extinction (psychology): Fear Conditioning, Theories, Operant Conditioning, D-Cycloserine
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“The problems of this world are only truly solved in two ways: by extinction or duplication.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)