Extinction

What is a respondent behavior?

an action the occurs in response to an antecedent stimulus in the environment

What is phylogenic behavior?

genetically inherited behaviors that are shaped by evolutionary history

What is operant conditioning?

any behavior that is shaped and maintained by its consequences

What is ontogenetic history?

develop over an individuals lifetime

What is habituation?

when the US is presented repeatedly over a short period of time, the strength of the respondent behavior diminishes

What is extinction?

a behavior change tactic that occurs when reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued as a result the occurrence of the behavior decreases in the future

Is extinction the cause of call behavior decreases?

No

What is a way of decreasing behavior without using punishment?

using extinction

What is respondent extinction?

conditioned reflexes will weaken if a conditioned stimulus (CS) is presented without the unconditioned stimulus (US) for a given amount of time

What is operant extinction?

withholding reinforcement

What are the three types of operant extinction?

positive reinforcement extinction, automatic reinforcement extinction, and negative reinforcement extinction

What are withholding in all three types of operant extinguishers?

whatever the reinforcement is

Why is permanent extinction hard to achieve? 

there are so many variables that you cannot control for

What is an extinction burst?

an immediate increase in the rate of responding when an extinction procedure is first implemented

What is extinction-induced aggression?

a temporary increase in aggression

What is an increase in magnitude of behavior?

like extinction burst (volume, duration, intensity, etc.)

What is resurgence?

when during extinction, a behavior that has gone through extinction returns

What is spontaneous recovery?

a typical pattern in which the Bx that diminished during extinction process reoccurs even though the Bx hasn’t been reinforced

What is extinction-induced variability?

when novel behaviors occur during the extinction process

What is imitation?

others copy the challenging behavior placed on extinction

What is behavior contract?

if you are doing extinction are less likely to see behavior but others are able to see the behavior more because they are not doing extinction

What is resistance to extinction?

when there is continued responding during an extinction period

Behaviors on what type of schedule are the easiest to extinguish?

continuous schedules

Behaviors on what type of schedule are the hardest to extinguish?

intermittent schedules

How to MOs affect resistance of extinction?

resistance to extinction is greater under high MO conditions

How does the number, magnitude, and quality of R+ affect resistance to extinction?

how long and how well a Bx has been reinforced may increase or decrease the resistance to extinction

How does the number of previous extinctions affect resistance to extinction?

successive applications of extinction reduce resistance

How do response efforts affect resistance to extinction?

responses that require more effort diminish quicker