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-Jen was placed on medication to control her high blood pressure.After several weeks, she could feel no difference so she stopped taking her pills.

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Extinction is the gradual weakening and disappearance of a behavior when it is no longer reinforced. In this scenario, Jen stopping taking her medication is an example of extinction as she stopped reinforcing the behavior of taking the pills, leading to the gradual disappearance of the behavior. Neither positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, punishment, nor modeling apply to this scenario.

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