In Exercise 29 you compared to the effects of extinction in two difference conditions: one in which a mild electric shock was administered following the first response in extinction versus one in which no shock was administered during extinction. In terms of the number of responses required to meet the extinction criterion, you likely found that the number of responses was
a. much larger when the shock occurred.
b. much smaller when the shock occurred.
c. about the same under the two conditions.
d. a poor measure of the difference between the two conditions, as Sniffy never responded after the shock was delivered.
c. about the same under the two conditions.
Answer feedback: The administration of a mild shock following the first response in extinction briefly suppressed responding, but, by the time Sniffy reached the extinction criterion,.the total number of responses was similar to that under the extinction condition in which no shock was delivered.
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