Maura went to kindergarten for the first time this week. She travels to school on the bus with
children of many different ages. On Friday, Maura responded to her father's request with an
unacceptable word.
Her father was horrified and was ready to punish Maura. Maura's
grandmother, however, stopped him and whispered in his ear "Just ignore it and it will go
away." Maura's grandmother's advice is an example of which of the following operant
conditioning principles?
a. Positive reinforcement
b. Negative reinforcement
c. Extinction
d. Generalization
c. Extinction
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a. echo b. vibration c. sound wave d. neural trace
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