Exam 5: Extinction

Ignoring the behavior amounts to extinction only when the behavior is:

Extinction will be least effective when:

Extinction of a negatively reinforced behavior involves continuation of the _______ following the behavior.

When extinction is used following intermittent reinforcement, the behavior will be more resistant to extinction.

When the behavior occurs, the aversive stimulus is no longer removed.This is a definition of extinction of:

A behavior that has been previously reinforced no longer results in reinforcing consequences and, as a result, stops occurring in the future.This process is referred to as:

When extinction is used following continuous reinforcement, the behavior will decrease more quickly.

Sarah presses her mouse button while using her computer but nothing happens (the mouse is broken).Sarah presses the mouse button longer and harder before eventually giving up.Sarah's behavior of temporarily pressing the mouse button longer and harder before giving up is an example of a(an):

In addition to an increase in the frequency, duration, or intensity of the unreinforced behavior during an extinction burst, _____________________ may also occur.

Extinction of a positively reinforced behavior involves removal of the _________ following the behavior:

In extinction, the __________________ is eliminated following the occurrence of the behavior.

When extinction begins and the behavior temporarily increases in frequency, duration, or intensity, this phenomenon is called a(n) _____________________________.

Ignoring is the same as extinction.

Extinction works best when:

Timmy takes out the garbage and his mother praises him when he does it.When his mother stops praising him, Timmy stops taking out the garbage.Timmy's behavior of taking out the garbage has been:

_________ occurs when a previously reinforced behavior is no longer reinforced

A common misconception people have about extinction, is that it:

Randy stopped putting money into a candy machine because he stopped getting candy out.After a couple months Randy put money into the candy machine again, but when no candy came out, he stopped putting money in.Randy's behavior of putting money into the candy machine after a couple months is an example of:

During___________, the unreinforced behavior can increase in frequency, duration, or intensity

For extinction to work most quickly, it is best to reinforce the behavior once extinction is initiated.