dictionary help| extinction | medical dictionary |
1. <ecology> The death of an entire species.
2. <psychology> The procedure of presenting the conditioned stimulus without reinforcement to an organism previously conditioned. It refers also to the diminution of a conditioned response resulting from this procedure.
(27 Jun 1999)
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