ABSTRACT
Questions for Learning 1. What are the two parts to the principle of operant extinction? 2. Is telling someone to stop eating candies and the person stops an example of operant extinction? Explain why
or why not on the basis of the definition of operant extinction. 3. Is a parent ignoring a child’s behavior an example of operant extinction? Explain why or why not on the basis
of the definition of operant extinction. 4. Suppose that, immediately after an instance of swearing, parents remove a portion of the child’s weekly allowance
and the result is that swearing decreases. Is this an example of operant extinction? Explain why or why not. 5. What is the difference between forgetting and operant extinction? 6. Explain the difference, in terms of procedure and results, between the loss of value of a conditioned reinforcer
(see Chapter 5) and the operant extinction of a positively reinforced behavior.
