Lori used to rush to her infant son and pick him up every time he cried. lately, she has stopped rushing to him, and he has decreased his crying. according to the principles of operant conditioning, this is due to
a. extinction
b. discrimination
c. reinforcement
d. generalization

A. Extinction

Explanation:

Extinction is a behavioral phenomenon observed in operatively conditioned and classically conditioned behavior, which manifests itself by waning conditioned responses that are not gradually strengthened.

In the operant conditioning paradigm, extinction determines where the process no longer provides reinforcement that has maintained motivation.

behavior will get something positive or eliminate something negative when the behavior occurs.

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