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Jesse's cat has been conditioned that the electric can opener signals the arrival of food, and the cat will run to the kitchen every time it hears the can opener. But Jesse then participates in a project at school where he must open 50 cans of beans and cook them. By the time Jesse gets halfway through the cans, he notices that the cat has disappeared. In this case, the can opener is no longer associated with the presentation of food. __________ to the can opener has occurred.

▸ Sensitization

▸ Habituation

▸ Extinction

▸ Spontaneous recovery
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In this case, extinction of the association between the can opener and the arrival of food has occurred. Extinction is a process in classical conditioning where the conditioned response (in this case, the cat running to the kitchen upon hearing the can opener) diminishes or disappears because the conditioned stimulus (the can opener) is no longer followed by the unconditioned stimulus (the presentation of food).

The fact that the cat no longer responds to the can opener halfway through opening the cans of beans suggests that the association between the can opener and food has weakened and the conditioned response has diminished, which is characteristic of extinction.
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