After operantly conditioning a rat to press a bar,a psychologist stops providing the reinforcing pellets.The rat eventually stops pressing the bar.Bar pressing has undergone:
A) spontaneous recovery
B) extinction
C) shaping
D) generalization

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Extinction refers to the process of decreasing the frequency or strength of a learned response by withholding reinforcement. In this scenario, the rat stops pressing the bar once reinforcement (the pellets) is no longer provided, indicating that the behavior has undergone extinction.

After Operantly Conditioning a Rat to Press a Bar,a Psychologist