A response will be easiest to extinguish if the animal has been trained:
A) on an intermittent reinforcement schedule.
B) on a partial reinforcement schedule.
C) on a continuous reinforcement schedule.
D) on a variety of reinforcement schedules.

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Animals trained on a continuous reinforcement schedule (receiving a reward every time they exhibit the desired behavior) may become more resistant to extinction because they have learned that a reward is always available. Therefore, a response trained on a continuous reinforcement schedule will be the hardest to extinguish. An intermittent or partial reinforcement schedule may actually make the animal more persistent in their response, as they have learned that rewards are not always available but may still appear at unpredictable times. A variety of reinforcement schedules may also make the response harder to extinguish, as the animal has learned to adapt to different reward patterns.

A Response Will Be Easiest to Extinguish If the Animal