Emanuel is trying to get his daughter to stop biting her nails. His plan is to ignore his daughter's nail biting, but praise her every ten-minute interval in which she does not bite her nails. Gradually, Emanuel plans to lengthen the amount of time between praise. If Emanuel succeeds, the disappearance of nail biting would be considered

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Extinction involves stopping the reinforcement of a behavior, which leads to a decrease in the frequency of that behavior. In this case, Emanuel is gradually decreasing the frequency of praise for not biting nails, which is a form of reinforcement. Therefore, if his plan is successful and his daughter stops biting her nails, this would be an example of extinction.

Emanuel Is Trying to Get His Daughter to Stop Biting