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Essay: The Effects of Watching Television on Adolescents — Unit test

Question 1 • Crowley Original Credit Psychology

Which of the following processes of operant conditioning involves the gradual disappearance of a behavior?

Answer
A
extinction
B
acquisition
C
shaping
D
discrimination

Explanation

Extinction is the gradual decline and eventual disappearance of a behavior when it is no longer reinforced. Acquisition is learning a behavior, shaping builds a behavior through successive steps, and discrimination means responding differently to distinct stimuli.

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