Responses learned through which type of learning are the MOST difficult to extinguish?
A) avoidance conditioning
B) positive reinforcement
C) escape conditioning
D) counterconditioning

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Avoidance conditioning involves learning to avoid a negative consequence by performing a specific behavior. Once learned, it can be difficult to extinguish because the behavior is reinforced by the absence of the negative consequence. In contrast, positive reinforcement can also be difficult to extinguish, but it does not involve the same active avoidance of negative consequences as avoidance conditioning. Escape conditioning and counterconditioning both involve learning to escape or replace an aversive stimulus and may also be difficult to extinguish, but avoidance conditioning is generally considered to be the most resistant to extinction.

Responses Learned Through Which Type of Learning Are the MOST