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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“Man is an over-complicated organism. If he is doomed to extinction he will die out for want of simplicity.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)