Exam 9: Extinction of Conditioned Behavior

People stop putting money into soda machines after one or two non-reinforced trials, but will put money into slot machines over and over without any payoff.A likely explanation is

In the first phase of an experiment, one group of rats is reinforced for every lever press.Another group of rats is reinforced for every 15th lever press.In the second phase, both groups receive continuous reinforcement.In later extinction trials, subjects that received continuous reinforcement in phase 1 decreased responding more quickly than those that were reinforced every 15th trial.These findings support

The overtraining extinction effect states

According to the discrimination hypothesis, the partial reinforcement extinction effect is due to

Extinction of a classically conditioned response occurs

According to frustration theory, the partial reinforcement extinction effect is due to

Sally was terribly afraid of cats before going into therapy.Over several trips to a psychologist's office, the psychologist was able to extinguish her fear of cats.However, when she returned home after the last session, a cat was waiting on her porch, and she panicked.This is likely due to the therapist forgetting about