According to the ______,responses that have been continuously reinforced are extinguished more quickly than responses that were reinforced on variable interval or variable ratio schedules.
A) stimulus generalization theory
B) partial reinforcement effect
C) spontaneous recovery phenomenon
D) law of effect

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The partial reinforcement effect states that behaviors that have been partially reinforced are more resistant to extinction than those that have been continuously reinforced. Therefore, responses that have been continuously reinforced are extinguished more quickly than responses that were reinforced on variable interval or variable ratio schedules.

According to the ______,Responses That Have Been Continuously Reinforced Are