You move out of your dorm into an apartment shared with three other people.Unlike the shower in the dorm,this shower does not turn cold when the toilet is flushed,and you eventually stop cringing every time you hear the flushing sound.What has occurred?
A)stimulus generalization
B)stimulus discrimination
C)spontaneous recovery
D)extinction

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Extinction has occurred, which is the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a learned response when the reinforcement is no longer presented. In this case, the association between the sound of the toilet flushing and the cold shower has weakened over time and is no longer being reinforced, resulting in the lack of response (cringing) when hearing the sound.

You Move Out of Your Dorm into an Apartment Shared