the critical difference between the effect of extinction and the effect of extinction plus a single severe punisher following the first bar press after extinction began was that
a. bar pressing did not gradually decrease after punishment was administered; it stopped suddenly.
b. punishment produced a much larger burst of bar pressing after its administration than typically occurs with the onset of extinction.
c. bar pressing took much longer to disappear after the administration of punishment than during extinction without punishment.
d. there was no burst of responding following punishment; instead bar pressing continued at a steady rate for several minutes before gradually declining.
a. bar pressing did not gradually decrease after punishment was administered; it stopped suddenly.
Answer feedback: The effect of a single severe electric shock was stark: Bar pressing ceased and remained at near-zero frequency for the remainder of the session.
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