Exam 5: Extinction

Which of the following factors influence the extinction process?

Which of the following factors does NOT influence the extinction process?

Define extinction (be sure to include all three components of the definition).

During an extinction burst, the unreinforced behavior can increase in:

During an extinction burst, novel behaviors or emotional behaviors may occur.

Which of the following processes weakens operant behavior?

In an extinction burst, the behavior temporarily increases before it decreases.

Bobby's parents used extinction to get him to stop crying when he had to eat vegetables, by making him eat vegetables despite his crying.One night Bobby has a babysitter, and she does not make him eat his vegetables when he starts crying.As a result, Bobby's behavior of crying when told to eat vegetables:

In extinction of a negatively reinforced behavior, the _____________________ is no longer removed following the behavior.

When the behavior occurs, the reinforcer is no longer delivered.This is a definition of extinction of:

Extinction and negative reinforcement both decrease a behavior.

____________________ reinforcement prior to extinction makes the behavior more resistant to extinction.

Whenever Matt is told to run laps during basketball practice, he complains to the coach that he is too tired in order to get out of running.The coach starts making him run the laps anyway, and eventually Matt stops complaining about being too tired when he is told to run.This is an example of:

Greg shakes the apple tree to get an apple to fall for him to eat.Now when he shakes the tree, no apples fall so he runs into the tree with his shoulder to get an apple to fall.Running into the tree with his shoulder is an example of: