Author Question: Baby Abbey is playing with her favorite toy rattle when her mom drops an armful of pots and pans ... (Read 187 times)

abc · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Baby Abbey is playing with her favorite toy rattle when her mom drops an armful of pots and pans behind her. The loud noise makes her startle and cry. Subsequently, on seeing her rattle, she cries. However, Mom continues to give Baby Abbey her favorite rattle and doesn't drop any more pots and pans. We can expect that Baby Abbey's crying when seeing the rattle willsoon be ____.

a. extinguished
b. generalized
c. continued through intermittent reinforcement
d. decreased because of spontaneous recovery

Question 2

Ignoring the attention-getting behavior of hyperactive children can be a helpful tool to classroom teachers because often, the frequency of the misbehavior will decrease and even stop. What operant conditioning process does this technique most utilize?

a. negative reinforcement
b. shaping
c. stimulus discrimination
d. extinction