A process during which a conditioned response gradually stops occurring due to the withholding of a reinforcer is known as:

In operant conditioning, behavior is reinforced by either gaining something positive or having something negative taken away when the behavior occurs. Extinction is the disappearance of a previously learned behavior when the behavior is not reinforced. For example, if a child always gets what he or she wants from a parent after having a tantrum, it is likely that these tantrums will persist because they are being reinforced. However, if the parent does not provide the desired response after a tantrum, they will likely subsist over time. This process is known as extinction.