extinction

Examples of extinction in the following topics:

• Schedules of Reinforcement

  • Behaviors are encouraged through the use of reinforcers, discouraged through the use of punishments, and rendered extinct by the complete removal of a stimulus.
  • Variable schedules are categorically less-predictable so they tend to resist extinction and encourage continued behavior.
  • Among the reinforcement schedules, variable-ratio is the most resistant to extinction, while fixed-interval is the easiest to extinguish.

• Defining Learning

  • He differentiated between positive and negative reinforcement, and also explored the concept of extinction.

• Basic Principles of Classical Conditioning: Pavlov

  • Research has found that with repeated extinction/recovery cycles, the conditioned response tends to be less intense with each period of recovery.

• Basic Principles of Operant Conditioning

  • He also believed that this learned association could end, or become extinct, if the reinforcement or punishment was removed.

• Basic Principles of Operant Conditioning: Skinner

  • He also believed that this learned association could end, or become extinct, if the reinforcement or punishment was removed.

• Applications of Classical Conditioning to Human Behavior

  • Flooding is a form of desensitization that uses repeated exposure to highly distressing stimuli until the lack of reinforcement of the anxiety response causes its extinction.