Suppose that Angela and Benito have decided to wean their two-year-old daughter, Maria. They plan to ignore all of her requests for her bottle. Maria has no intention of making it easy for them, though: she screams, yells, cries, and throws tantrums every time her parents deny her request for her bottle. The technical term for Maria's response to her parent's behaviour is

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Maria's increased intensity of behavior (screaming, yelling, crying, and throwing tantrums) in response to her parents ignoring her requests for her bottle is an example of an extinction burst. This phenomenon occurs when a previously reinforced behavior is no longer reinforced, leading to an initial increase in the frequency or intensity of the behavior.

Suppose That Angela and Benito Have Decided to Wean Their