Chapter 9 - Extinction Flashcards
Joyce started fixing her husband a fancy breakfast whenever he hung up his clothes. She noticed that he started hanging up his clothes most of the time after that. What behavioral procedure did Joyce use? __________
reinforcement
During the reversal condition, Pinkston and her colleagues (1973) instructed the preschool teachers to pay attention to Cain’s aggressive behavior as they had during baseline. Cain’s aggressive behavior once again increased. An instance of the teacher’s attention is an example of a(n) __________.
reinforcer
The temporary increase in a behavior after it has been put on extinction is called a(n) “__________.”
extinction burst
Lora asked silly questions that caused the professor to get mad. He tried ignoring the questions and found that Lora kept asking silly questions. Ignoring her questions is an example of what behavioral procedure? __________
unknown
Mary interrupted Sally while she was with her friends all the time, and her friends paid attention to her interruptions rather than Sally’s conversation. Sally finally talked them into ignoring Mary, however, and Mary’s rate of interruptions decreased. What behavioral procedure does the group’s ignoring Mary’s interruptions illustrate? ___________
extinction
Bill, a regular at the restaurant, was always calling for Ronald’s service by yelling, “Garcon, come here.” This annoyed Ronald greatly so he finally decided not to serve Bull when he called him a “boy” (“Garcon” is French for boy). Pretty soon Bill stopped calling him “Garcon.” What behavioral procedure to Ronald use? __________
extinction
Explain why telling someone to stop doing something is not an example of extinction even if the person stops doing it.
Because an instruction to stop cannot be an example of extinction or because such an instruction does not involve stopping an event that has followed the behavior
When Sam was young, he often came home and started talking with his father about his day at school. His father usually listened and asked questions. Sam started talking with his father more often as a result. What behavioral procedure Sam’s father was using? __________
reinforcement
One day Harry stroked Tabby softly, and the cat started to purr. Harry thereafter frequently stroked Tabby softly. Tabby’s purr would be an example of a(n) __________
reinforcer
Pinkston and her colleagues (1973) instructed the preschool teacher to stop paying attention to Cain’s aggressive behavior, which she did. Cain’s aggressive behavior decreased. What behavioral procedure did the teacher use? __________
extinction
Define the term extinction.
The delivery of a reinforcer following a behavior is stopped and the rate of the behavior decreases.
Extinction is defined as the delivery of an event following a behavior is [a], thereby producing a(n) [b] in the rate of that behavior.
stop; decrease
Angela spent little of her time with her classmates, so her fourth-grade teacher started complimenting her whenever she did spend time with them. Soon, Angela did spend a lot of time working on class projects with other children. One of the teacher’s compliments would be an example of a(n) __________.
reinforcer
Fay used to ask Harry to go to the store. However, since he took up jogging, Harry won’t go to the store when Fay asks. After ten weeks of asking with no results, Fay finally gave up asking Harry to go to the store. What behavioral procedure did Harry use to eliminate Fay’s requests? __________
extinction
Dollie wanted Jim to light her cigarettes for her, so she started kissing him whenever he did light her cigarette. Pretty soon he was lighting it all the time. What behavioral procedure was she using? __________
reinforcement
