Tag
Extinction
Entries tagged extinction.
2 entries
Thought experiment
Classical Conditioning
Pavlov's discovery that pairing a neutral signal with a reflex-triggering stimulus teaches the nervous system to treat the signal as a cause in its own right.
9 min
ConceptExposure and Extinction
Conditioned fear weakens when the feared thing is faced without the expected harm, and avoidance is what keeps the fear alive.
7 min