When the CS is repeatedly presented in the absence of the UCS (food, in this case), the CR will "die out" in a process called __________
A) CR fading.
B) extinction.
C) habituation.
D) generalization fading.

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Extinction is the process by which the CR gradually decreases and eventually disappears when the CS is repeatedly presented without the UCS. CR fading refers to a gradual reduction in the intensity of the conditioned response over time, which may or may not be related to extinction. Habituation refers to a decrease in responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated presentations, but it is not specific to a condition-response pairing. Generalization fading refers to a process by which a conditional response becomes less and less generalized over time, leading to a more specific response to the CS.

When the CS Is Repeatedly Presented in the Absence of the UCS