According to the discrimination hypothesis, the partial reinforcement extinction effect is due to
A)the extinction burst that occurs at the beginning of extinction trials.
B)learning to respond in the face of expected nonreward.
C)a subject's memories of whether or not it was rewarded for performing the instrumental response in the recent past.
D)a subject's decreased ability to notice when extinction procedures begin.

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The Answer of According to the discrimination hypothesis, the partial reinforcement extinction effect is due to
A)the extinction burst that occurs at the beginning of extinction trials.
B)learning to respond in the face of expected nonreward.
C)a subject's memories of whether or not it was rewarded for performing the instrumental response in the recent past.
D)a subject's decreased ability to notice when extinction procedures begin.

According to the Discrimination Hypothesis, the Partial Reinforcement Extinction Effect