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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“I wish all men to be free. I wish the material prosperity of the already free which I feel sure the extinction of slavery would bring.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)