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In behavioral terms (which are the only terms in which I've ever heard this phrase used) resistance to extinction is to do with the speed at which a subject loses Pavlovian conditioning responses.
Using a well known example is to explain this using Pavlov's dogs. In this classical experiment dogs learned to associate a bell with food and would therefore salivate when a bell was rung, regardless if any food was present.
However, the dogs learned to associate these two as the food was also presented at the same time. If the conditioned stimulus (the bell) is presented without the food enough times this behaviour becomes 'extinct'.
The time that it takes to lose this response is the resistance to extinction.
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∙ 9y agoWhen resistance to extinction is high this is considered a good thing. This means that the population will not go extinct very easily.
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intermitent
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Is extinction the word you're looking for ?
When the last member of a species dies is said to have occurred.?
the answer to the question is extinction
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Extinction.
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During extinction an instrumental behavior may initially increase as the result of a failure of the dog to obey the new instruction an extinction burst temporary defiance or punishment resistance?
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the holocene extinction
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What is extinction in Tagalog?
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