Question

Grayson's dog salivates whenever he hears the refrigerator door open because he is accustomed to receiving food each time anyone opens it. grayson tries an experiment with his dog. over the next few days, grayson does not give his dog any food when he opens the refrigerator door, even though he knows the dog expects it. as a result, the dog stops salivating when the refrigerator door is opened. grayson's dog's behavior best illustrates _____ in classical conditioning.

Answer 1

Extinction. In classical conditioning extinction happens when a conditioned stimulus is presented without an unconditioned stimulus, resulting in the eventual end to the conditioned response. In this case the dog was conditioned to salivate when the refrigerator door opened. When the refrigerator door was repeatedly opened without the presentation of food, the dog's salivation response became extinct.