Mrs. Parker's first grade class has been just calling out Mrs. Parker's name to get her attention. Mrs. Parker has decided that she will only call on the students who quietly raise their hands to get her attention, while she will not attend to those students who loudly call out her name. Eventually, the students will stop loudly calling out her name because of the behavioral principle of
a. shaping.
b. extinction.
c. aversive conditioning.
d. desensitization.
B
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