A conditioned stimulus (e.g., the sound of a bell)is no longer followed by the taste of food. After several trials, the conditioned response of salivating no longer occurs at the sound of the bell.This is referred to as __________?
A)spontaneous recovery
B)respondent conditioning
C)respondent extinction
D)response generalization

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Respondent extinction refers to the process where a conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus, causing the conditioned response to gradually weaken and ultimately disappear. This is the scenario described in the question. Spontaneous recovery refers to the reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a period of time has passed. Respondent conditioning involves the automatic association of a stimulus with an unconditioned response, while response generalization refers to the tendency for a learned response to occur to stimuli that are similar to the original conditioned stimulus. None of these options accurately describe the scenario in the question.

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