Chapter 21- Extinction Flashcards
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Extinction
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The procedure of withholding reinforcers that maintain behavior
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Extinction burst
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An initial increase in the frequency of the response after the removal of positive, negative, or automatic reinforcement
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Resistance to extinction
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Continued responding during the extinction process
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Sensory extinction
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Behaviors maintained by automatic reinforcement are placed on extinction by ,asking or removing the sensory consequence
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Spontaneous recovery
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The reappearance of a behavior after it has diminished to its prereinforcement level or stopped entirely
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Escape extinction
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Behaviors maintained by negative reinforcement that no longer produce a removal of the aversive stimulus
