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What schedule describes withholding reinforcement following instances of the target behavior?
Correct Answer:
Extinction
Explanation:
Withholding reinforcement after the target behavior occurs describes extinction. Extinction happens when the reinforcement that previously maintained the behavior is no longer provided, so the behavior tends to occur less often over time. You might see a brief spike in the behavior at first (an extinction burst) before it declines. This differs from punishment, which adds something aversive or removes something desirable to weaken a behavior; from negative reinforcement, which removes an aversive stimulus to increase a behavior; and from differential SAMPLEreinforcement, which strengthens a specific alternative behavior (or a certain form of the target) while withholding reinforcement for the undesired behavior.

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