After operantly conditioning a rat to press a bar, a psychologist stops providing the reinforcing pellets. The rat eventually stops pressing the bar. Bar pressing has undergone:
A. spontaneous recovery
B. extinction
C. shaping
D. generalization
Answer: B
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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