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Unit 4 – Learning
Topic 4.2
In terms of Second Law of Thermodynamics, how could one relate the process of extinction in classical conditioning?
Continued stimulus presentation without reinforcement increases disorder or randomness paralleling increase in entropy.
Extinction refers to energy dispersion throughout a system just like heat transfer in closed systems.
It's not directly related; physical laws like entropy do not address psychological processes such as behavior extinction.
The fading away of conditioned responses over time signifies system reaching equilibrium state just like thermodynamic equilibrium.
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