When partial reinforcement occurs, a response that is reinforced after some, but not all, correct responses ____________
a) will be more resistant to extinction than a response that receives continuous reinforcement (a reinforcer for each and every correct response)
b) will be less resistant to extinction than a response that receives continuous reinforcement (a reinforcer for each and every correct response)
c) will be more variable in its resistance to extinction than a response that receives continuous reinforcement (a reinforcer for each and every correct response)
d) will be totally resistant to extinction unlike a response that receives continuous reinforcement (a reinforcer for each and every correct response)
ANS: A, The response that is intermittently reinforced will be more resistant to extinction than a response that receives continuous reinforcement (a reinforcer for each and every correct response).
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