Suppose that your cat has learned to jump up on your lap during dinner to get food.In order to stop this,you do not give food to your cat when he jumps onto your lap.This is an example of
A) extinction in classical conditioning.
B) extinction in operant conditioning.
C) generalization in classical conditioning.
D) generalization in operant conditioning.

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Extinction in operant conditioning involves the withholding of reinforcement that follows a previously reinforced behavior. In this case, the previously reinforced behavior was jumping on the lap to receive food, and withholding the food is intended to diminish the behavior.

Suppose That Your Cat Has Learned to Jump Up on Your