The Current Rate of Extinctions Is About ____ Times Faster

question 96

Multiple Choice

The current rate of extinctions is about ____ times faster than normal.

• A)10
• B)100
• C)1000
• D)100,000
• E)1,000,000

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Definitions:

Systematic Desensitization

A behavioral therapy method used to gradually reduce anxiety through the association of a relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli.

Classical Conditioning

A type of learning through which an organism learns to associate one stimulus with another.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, encouraging the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus.