PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Reinforcement, Tantrum, Finger Snapping
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Stated differently, if a response has been increased in frequency through reinforcement, then completely ceasing to reinforce the response will cause it to decrease in frequency. Operant extinction is similar to respondent extinction but there are important differences. Specifically, respondent extinction is a decrease in a conditioned response due to a cs no longer being followed by a. Us, whereas, extinction is a decrease in an operant response due to it no longer being reinforced. Example louise received a lot of attention for showing overt symptoms of and talking about her heada(cid:272)hes. It"s possi(cid:271)le that this atte(cid:374)tio(cid:374) (cid:449)as a positi(cid:448)e (cid:396)ei(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:272)e(cid:396) i(cid:374) (cid:373)ai(cid:374)tai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g the high f(cid:396)e(cid:395)ue(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) of her pain behaviors (see page 52 for scenario). When her pain behaviors no longer received attention, their frequency decreased to a low level. See table 6. 1 for how operant extinction influences us every day of our lives.
