The flat appearance of the cumulative record in Exercise 31, when bar pressing during extinction consistently produced a mild electric shock, was due to the fact that
a. punishment and extinction are equivalent.
b. the repeated occurrence of the mild punisher eliminated the extinction burst.
c. punishment tends to tire the subject.
d. the punisher suppressed responding for a few minutes each time it occurred
d. the punisher suppressed responding for a few minutes each time it occurred
Answer feedback: Because each response was followed by the mild electric shock, and its effect was to suppress responding for a few minutes, the net effect was a nearly-flat cumulative record. In other words, it was not just the extinction burst that was eliminated. Moreover, there is no indication that punishment caused Sniffy to tire. Finally, the logic of the design in Exercise 31 was to demonstrate the contrasting effects of punishment and extinction.
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