Responses can be extinguished by
A) stimulus generalizations.
B) nonreinforcement.
C) negative reinforcement.
D) intermittent reinforcement.

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Responses can be extinguished by nonreinforcement, which means withholding the reinforcement that was previously maintaining the behavior. When a behavior is no longer followed by a reinforcement, the behavior will eventually stop or extinguish. Stimulus generalizations, negative reinforcement, and intermittent reinforcement do not necessarily lead to the extinction of responses.

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