Responses no longer followed by reward usually weaken in strength and disappear. According to Amsel, the extinction of a response is due to the occurrence of ______.

A. anxiety
B. reduction in drive
C. increase in habit strength from other responses
D. frustration


D. frustration

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a. referential b. grandiose c. somatic d. persecutory

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A) accessibility B) universality C) reciprocity D) conformity

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experiment discussed were (a) young children (b) bright college students (c) juvenile delinquents (d) a diverse and random sample taken from all college students in New York

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