Chap 5 Extinction Flashcards
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What are the 5 effects of extinction procedures?
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- extinction burst –> behaviour occurs more frequently with higher intensity at first
- increase in response variability –> different types of behaviours are tried in order to get the desired outcome
- Frustration and Aggression
- Depression (general decrease in behaviour)
- Resurgence (or regression) –> going back to an old behaviour that has previously gotten you what u wanted
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what is extinction of a behaviour?
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when reinforcement is no longer presented after a behaviour therefore making the behaviour weaker
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what is the difference between spontaneous recovery and renewal?
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spontaneous recovery occurs when the behaviour randomly occurs again over a period of time during or after extinction and if not reinforced, will be extinguished really quickly. Renewal is the behaviour occurring again except in a different context than the one where extinction was done in
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What is the effect of a positive or negative reinforcement on extinction?
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In extinction:
- positive reinforcement is no longer delivered following the behaviour
- For negative reinforcement, the aversive stimuli is no longer removed from the environment following the behaviour
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What are some factors that influence extinction?
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- depends on the previous schedule of reinforcement used, if it was continuous or intermittent… intermittent reinforcement is harder to extinguish
- If reinforcement is given during an extinction trial just because its negatively reinforcing for the observing individual
- If theres any other good alternatives that the patient could do that can be reinforced instead of the wrong behaviour
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what are the factors to effective extinction?
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- identifying what is triggering the behaviour
- being consistent
- many extinction trials
- trying out extinction in different contexts
- providing alternative reinforcement with more desirable behaviours
