chapter 5- extinction

Question 1

extinction

Answer 1

• if a behaviour that was previously reinforced stops being reinforced, the behaviour will weaken or decrease
• *withholding the reinforcer for the behaviour

Question 2

extinction burst

Answer 2

• increase in frequency , duration, or intensity of the unreinforced behaviour during the extinction process
• emotional responses may occur during this time

Question 3

resistance to extinction RTE

Answer 3

• the tendency for a person to continue to respond after extinction is in effect for the behaviour; intermittent reinforcement schedules make the behaviour more resentment to extinction than do continuous reinforcement schedules
• continuous reinforcement before extinction produces much less resistance to extinction

Question 4

operant extinction

Answer 4

• the process by which when a previously reinforced behaviour is no longer followed by the reinforcing consequences the frequency of the behaviour decreases in the future

Question 5

respondent extinction

Answer 5

• the process by which when a CS is no longer paired with an US, the CS gradually ceases to elicit the CS

Question 6

operant spontaneous recovery

Answer 6

• the process in which when an operant behaviour has been extinguished the behaviour may occur at a later time in circumstance in which it was usually reinforced

Question 7

respondent spontaneous recovery

Answer 7

• the process in which the CS has been extinguished, the CR may occur at a later time when the CS is presented again