Kathy is classically conditioned to fear the toilet flushing while she is in the shower because the flush causes a surge of hot water.Kathy showers at her parent's house,someone flushes
The toilet,and she does not get burned.Still,when showering back at home,the toilet flushes
And Kathy immediately feels a surge of fear.This example best illustrates the fact that
Extinction

A) reduces the strength of an association,but does not eliminate it.
B) is an adaptive response to delete information from memory.
C) helps readapt old learning strategies to novel problems.
D) forms the basis for non-associative learning when applied to novel situations.

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Brittany Hernandez · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : A, Explanation :  Extinction in classical conditioning refers to the process where the conditioned response (in this case, fear) decreases in strength after the conditioned stimulus (toilet flushing) is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus (hot water surge). However, this process does not completely erase the learned association, as evidenced by Kathy's continued fear response at her own home despite not experiencing the hot water surge at her parent's house. This demonstrates that while extinction reduces the strength of the conditioned response, it does not completely eliminate the learned association.

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