extinction in operant learning

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BCIO:006123

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Published
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1 Dec '21

Modified
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4 Feb '25

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Definition
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<Associative learning> in which the rate of behavioural response in the presence of a discriminative stimulus is reduced because the response is no longer followed by a reinforcer.

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Discriminative stimulus is "a signal that a particular response will produce certain consequences." (p. 291; Holt, N., Bremner, A., Sutherland, E., Vliek, M., Passer, M., and Smith, R. (2019). EBOOK: Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour, 4e. McGraw Hill.)

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"Extinction" in the Social Learning Theory; "Operant extinction" in the Operant Conditioning

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No

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