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The relationship of extinction to positive reinforcement

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Defining extinction and discussing how it relates to the presence or absence of reinforcement.
Provide three examples of how a behavior may reach extinction, either in a controlled setting or the natural environment.
This should be 2-4 pages in length, not including title and references pages, and include scholarly support for your statements.

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Extinction can be defined as when a given action or behavior stops due to the fact that the reinforcement that was the catalyst for the behavior and/ or, fostered the continuation of a given behavior no longer has the reinforcing effect, or the reinforcement becomes nonexistent. What is interesting about extinction in regards to behavior is the fact that extinction seems to occur in correlation with the presence of reinforcement, in a situation where the reinforcement is geared towards the reinforcement of a desired behavior over an undesired behavior. In this type of situation a positive reinforcement such as a reward can be provided when a given behavior is exhibited in lieu of an undesirable behavior, which causes the gradual extinction of the undesirable behavior over time. If this reward is reduced or loses effect, then the extinction of the desired ...

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