Educational Psychology / Unit 13 EDP 1235 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Extinction and Intermittent Reinforcement
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The idea
Extinction is the fading of a behavior once it is no longer reinforced; intermittent reinforcement makes a behavior slower to learn but also slower to extinguish.
In practice
Clowning that is only sometimes rewarded with laughter is hard to extinguish.
Where people slip
Removing one source of reinforcement may not be enough when classmates supply another.
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