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A procedure in which reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued and as a result, occurrences of that behavior decrease in the future is: a. Punishment. b. Extinction. c. Reinforcement. d. Establishing Operation.

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Answer:b. Extinction.

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According to Cooper, Heron, & Heward (2007), " Extinction as a procedure occurs when reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued; as a result, the frequency of that behavior decreases in the future."

An extinction procedure is used in Applied Behavioral Analysis and it involves taking steps in deliberately intervening to make a target behavior to reduce the frequency in occurring or stop totally . It generally means that if the reinforcement that initially triggers a behavior is discontinued, it will reduce the occurrence of such behavior in the long run.

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