Following an initial extinction session, then a rest period in his home cage, Sniffy is returned to the chamber for another extinction session. At the beginning of this second session, the rate of bar pressing will be
a. intermediate between what it was prior to the first extinction session and what it was at the end of the first extinction session.
b. greater than it was prior to the first extinction session.
c. the same as it was at the end of the first extinction session.
d. the same as it was at the beginning of the first extinction session.
a. intermediate between what it was prior to the first extinction session and what it was at the end of the first extinction session.
Answer feedback: The responding that is observed at the outset of the second extinction session generally has a rate greater than it was at the end of the first extinction session (responding is said to have “recovered”) but lower than the rate that was observed prior to the first session.
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