Classical Conditioning Usually Involves Pairing a Stimulus with a Response

Multiple Choice

Classical conditioning usually involves pairing a stimulus with a response, such as a bell paired with food in the mouth inducing salivation. If the bell is later rung but no food is put in the mouth, salivation will eventually not be elicited by the bell. This loss of conditioning is called ______.

A) forgetting
B) extinction
C) reconsolidation
D) unlearning