People Stop Putting Money into Soda Machines After One or Two

question 61

Multiple Choice

People stop putting money into soda machines after one or two non-reinforced trials, but will put money into slot machines over and over without any payoff.A likely explanation is

• A)the extinction burst.
• B)the partial reinforcement extinction effect.
• C)the partial reinforcement burst.
• D)frustrative aggression.

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