Why it matters
Shows reactions can fade with new experience.
Core term · Ivan Pavlov
Extinction
The gradual fading of a learned response once the signal that taught it is no longer followed by what we came to expect.
Areas of life
Anxietybehavior change
How to handle it
Repeatedly experience the cue safely without the old outcome.
Who shaped this idea
The thinker behind it
From concept to practice
Turn Extinction into a question you can answer.
Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.