What is the term for the process of placing behavior into extinction when the behavior is maintained by automatic reinforcement?

 

The process of placing a behavior into extinction when the behavior is maintained by automatic reinforcement is know as sensory extinction. In this regard, an individual perceives a unilateral sensory stimulus which is presented in isolation then he/ she fails to perceive the same stimulus when it is presented at the same time with a second stimulus. this is due to sensory extinction where the perception becomes extinct. Therefore, the answer to the above question is sensory extinction