Which term is the procedure of presenting the CS without the US after conditioning?

Which term is the procedure of presenting the CS without the US after conditioning?

• A. Trace Conditioning
• B. Respondent Extinction
• C. Spontaneous Recovery
• D. Respondent Acquisition

Answer: (B)

Extinction of a conditioned (respondent) response occurs when the conditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without the unconditioned stimulus after conditioning. The organism learns that the CS no longer predicts the US, so the conditioned response diminishes and eventually stops. This specific process is called respondent extinction. Trace conditioning is a different procedure where a gap occurs between the CS and US; spontaneous recovery is the reappearance of the CR after extinction has occurred; respondent acquisition refers to the initial learning of the CS–US relationship.

Extinction of a conditioned (respondent) response occurs when the conditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without the unconditioned stimulus after conditioning. The organism learns that the CS no longer predicts the US, so the conditioned response diminishes and eventually stops. This specific process is called respondent extinction. Trace conditioning is a different procedure where a gap occurs between the CS and US; spontaneous recovery is the reappearance of the CR after extinction has occurred; respondent acquisition refers to the initial learning of the CS–US relationship.