Responses that are not always followed by reinforcement tend to become more and more resistant to extinction, according to the
A)reinforcement-generalization effect.
B)partial reinforcement effect.
C)Skinner phenomenon.
D)reward-extinction corollary.

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The partial reinforcement effect describes how behaviors that are reinforced intermittently (not after every response) are more resistant to extinction than behaviors that are reinforced every time they are performed. This means that when reinforcement is given only part of the time, it takes longer for the behavior to decrease once the reinforcement stops.

Responses That Are Not Always Followed by Reinforcement Tend to Become