Extinction in Operant Conditioning Involves __________

question 86

Multiple Choice

Extinction in operant conditioning involves __________

• A) negative reinforcement.
• B) positive reinforcement.
• C) punishment.
• D) withholding reinforcement.

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Definitions:

Accommodation

The cognitive process of revising existing cognitive schemas, perceptions, and understanding to incorporate new information.

Assimilation

The process by which individuals or groups adopt the culture and norms of another group, often losing their original identity.

Attribution

A belief concerning why people behave in a certain way.

Fixation

In psychoanalytic theory, a persistent focus of the id's pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier stage of psychosexual development, leading to psychic conflict and developmental issues.