If you have received reinforcement only occasionally for some action,your response will extinguish faster than it will for someone who received reinforcement every time.

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If you have received reinforcement only occasionally for some action,your response will extinguish faster than it will for someone who received reinforcement every time.​

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Intermittent reinforcement (reinforcement given only occasionally) actually makes a behavior more resistant to extinction than continuous reinforcement (reinforcement given every time the action is performed).

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