If you have finally succeeded in getting your dog to stop begging for food from the table while the family is eating dinner by making sure no one in the family ever gives the dog table-scraps, it is most accurate to say that you have ____ the dog's begging response.
A) shaped
B) punished
C) extinguished
D) reinforced

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Extinction is a procedure in which a behavior that was previously reinforced (in this case, getting table scraps) is no longer reinforced, resulting in a decrease in the behavior. By ensuring that no one in the family ever gives the dog table scraps, the behavior of begging is no longer reinforced, leading to its eventual extinction.

If You Have Finally Succeeded in Getting Your Dog to Stop