Chapter 8 - Extinction

Question 1

Side effects of extinction

Answer 1

Extinction burst, increase in variability, emotional behavior, Agression, resurgence, depression

Question 2

Extinction burst

Answer 2

Temporary increase in behavior

Question 3

Increase in variability

Answer 3

Change in approach to behavior

Question 4

Emotional behavior

Answer 4

Restoration or irritation when expected response doesn’t occur

Question 5

Aggression

Answer 5

Linked to emotional behavior

Question 6

Resurgence

Answer 6

Reappearance of behaviors that used to be reinforced in the past

Question 7

Depression

Answer 7

Low level of activity

Question 8

Increase in variability example

Answer 8

A rat who’s lever press is no longer produces food might change its manner and the way press the lever for example using right instead of left paw

Question 9

Aggression example

Answer 9

Pigeon might get agitated by removal of food therefore more likely to attack another one

Question 10

Resurgence example

Answer 10

A husband who has a wife that frequently ignores him might have increasing amounts of spending time with parents a place once that was rich of reinforcement

Question 11

Resistance to extinction

Answer 11

Extent that the behavior continues

Question 12

Affects resistance to extinction

Answer 12

1 schedule of reinforcement 2 history of reinforcement 3 magnitude of reinforcer 4 degree of deprivation 5 this experience with extinction 6 distinctive signal for extinction

Question 13

Schedule of reinforcement

Answer 13

Most important factor influencing resistance, intermittent versus continuous schedule

Question 14

History of reinforcement

Answer 14

Tomorrow reinforcers and individual has received for a behavior, the greater resistance to extinction

Question 15

Magnitude a reinforcer

Answer 15

Amount of reinforce whether it was large or small

Question 16

Degree of deprivation

Answer 16

The greater level of deprivation, the greater resistance to extinction

Question 17

Distinctive Signal for extinction

Answer 17

Presence of a discriminative stimulus for extinction

Question 18

Previous experience with extinction

Answer 18

The greater number of prior exposures to extinction, the quicker the behavior will extinguish during subsequent exposures

Question 19

Extinction

Answer 19

Not reinforcement of a previously reinforced response which results in a decrease of the strength of that response

Question 20

Spontaneous recovery

Answer 20

Reappearance of an extinguished response following a rest period after extinction

Question 21

Differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO)

Answer 21

Reinforcement of any behavior other than the target behavior that is being extinguished

Question 22

Differential reinforcement of other behavior procedure

Answer 22

It tends to be more effective than extinction and produces a weak target behavior due to reinforcement of alternate behaviors

Question 23

Stimulus control

Answer 23

Presence of the discriminative stimulus reliably affects the probability of a behavior

Question 24

Stimulus generalization

Answer 24

Tendency for an operant response to be emitted in the presence of stimulus that is similar to a discriminative stimulus

Question 25

Stimulus discrimination

Answer 25

Tendency for an operant response to be emitted more in the presence of one stimulus than another

Question 26

Discrimination training

Answer 26

Involves reinforcement of responding in the presence of one stimulus (The discriminative stimulus) and not another

Question 27

Discrimination training rat example

Answer 27

Give a rat two tones one and two randomly. One produces food while to does not. Discrimination should occur

Question 28

Peak shift effect

Answer 28

The peak of the generalization gradient following discrimination training will shift from the discriminative stimulus to a stimulus that is further removed

Question 29

Peak shift girlfriend example

Answer 29

Rosa was boring. lizeth is exciting. My peak shift would be that I would search for girls more like Lizeth