______ is the disappearance or weakening of a learned response following the removal or absence of the unconditioned stimulus (in classical conditioning) or the removal of a reinforcer (in operant conditioning)
a. spontaneous recovery
b. extinction
c. stimulus discrimination
d. stimulus generalization
Ans: b. extinction
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