Chapter 24 - Extinction

Question 1

escape extinction

Answer 1

Behaviors maintained with negative reinforcement are placed on escape extinction when those behaviors are not followed by termination of the aversive stimulus; emitting the target behavior does not enable the person to escape the aversive situation.

Question 2

extinction burst

Answer 2

An increase in the frequency of responding when an extinction procedure is initially implemented

Question 3

extinction-induced variability

Answer 3

Phenomenon in which diverse and novel forms of behavior are sometimes observed during the extinction process.

Question 4

resistance to extinction

Answer 4

The relative frequency with which operant behavior is emitted during extinction.

Question 5

resurgence

Answer 5

Refers to the reoccurrence of a previously reinforced behavior when reinforcement for an alternative behavior is terminated or decreased and to the three-phase procedure that produces the effect: (1) a target behavior is reinforced. (2) the target behavior is placed on extinction and reinforcement provided for an alternative behavior, and (3) both responses are placed on extinction.

Question 6

spontaneous recovery

Answer 6

A behavioral effect associated with extinction in which the behavior suddenly begins to occur after its frequency has decreased to its prereinforcement level or stopped entirely