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A New Vending Machine Is Installed in the Library

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A new vending machine is installed in the library. Ben visits it 5 times and gets a soda every time. Sally visits the same machine 12 times and gets a soda every time. By Friday afternoon the machine is empty. According to the overtraining extinction effect, who will stop going to the machine first when it is empty?


A) They've both been continually reinforced, so they will stop after the same number of trips.
B) Sally will most likely stop first.
C) Ben will most likely stop first because he is frustrated.
D) Ben will stop first because overtraining slows extinction.

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