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renewal following extinction

the return of a response to an extinguished conditioned stimulus following movement away from the context in which extinction occurred.

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October 10th 2024

stochastic

stochastic

adj.

1. random or undetermined; arising from chance.

2. describing a system or process that follows a probability pattern, such that events may be analyzed according to their statistical probability but not accurately predicted. See probabilism.