Wayne used to drool at the smell of chocolate chip cookies as they baked, and he couldn't wait to sink his teeth into that first cookie.However, Wayne's newest roommate makes terrible chocolate chip cookies, and the smell of them baking is no longer associated with a wonderful taste experience.Consequently, Wayne finds that the smell of the cookies no longer makes him drool in anticipation.Wayne's change in responsiveness to the smell of chocolate chip cookies illustrates the classical conditioning process referred to as:
A)spontaneous recovery
B)extinction
C)conditioned inhibition
D)second-order conditioning

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Wayne's lack of drooling in response to the smell of the chocolate chip cookies indicates that the association between the smell and the taste has been weakened or broken. This is an example of extinction in classical conditioning.

Wayne Used to Drool at the Smell of Chocolate Chip