GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
LEARNING THEORIES
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the loss of a learned response when there is no longer a consequence
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the loss of a powerful positive reinforcer
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what happens when an organism stops behaving because of punishment
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Extinction is the decrease in strength of a learned behavior when the conditioned stimulus is presented without the unconditioned stimulus (in Pavlovian learning), or when the behavior is no longer reinforced (in operant or instrumental learning).
Detailed explanation-2: -Extinction in psychology refers to the fading and disappearance of behavior that was previously learned by association with another event. That means a conditioned response is weakened and the target behavior eventually stops and becomes extinct. This is usually accomplished by withdrawing the unconditioned stimulus.
Detailed explanation-3: -Definition. Extinction learning refers to the gradual decrease in response to a conditioned stimulus that occurs when the stimulus is presented without reinforcement.
Detailed explanation-4: -Extinction is the permanent end to the existence of a species. Through the vast expanse of geological time, extinction has been the fate of most kinds of living things on earth. The background rate of extinction has been more or less constant at about one species per million each year.
Detailed explanation-5: -Extinction is the disappearance of a previously learned behavior when the behavior is not reinforced. Extinction can occur in all types of behavioral conditioning, but it is most often associated with operant conditioning.