Extinction in operant conditioning involves:
A)presenting the reinforcer when the behavior does not occur.
B)no longer presenting the reinforcer when the response occurs.
C)repeatedly presenting the CS without the US.
D)not presenting the discriminative stimulus,which signals the opportunity to respond.

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In operant conditioning, extinction involves no longer presenting the reinforcer when the response occurs. This means that the behavior will eventually decrease in frequency because it is no longer being reinforced. Option A is incorrect because presenting the reinforcer when the behavior does not occur would actually reinforce a different behavior or no behavior at all. Option C describes the process of extinction in classical conditioning, not operant conditioning. Option D is also incorrect because the discriminative stimulus signals the opportunity to respond and is needed for the behavior to occur, not for extinction to happen.

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