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#1. Sam, attempting to reduce his daily coffee intake, decides to unplug his coffee machine. The next morning, he habituatedly presses the power button. When nothing happens, he presses it again, then harder, then multiple times in quick succession, with increasing force, before finally giving up and going about his day without coffee. This temporary increase in the force and frequency of Sam’s button-pressing behavior, occurring immediately after the reinforcement (the machine turning on) was withheld, is best described as which of the following behavioral phenomena?
Sams behavior illustrates an extinction burst An extinction burst is a predictable temporary increase in the frequency duration or intensity of a previously reinforced behavior when the reinforcement for that behavior is suddenly withheld In this scenario Sams behavior of pushing the coffee machine button was previously reinforced by the machine turning on When Sam unplugged the machine the reinforcement was removed leading to an initial surge in the behavior pushing harder and more frequently before it eventually begins to decrease Lets differentiate from the other options Resistance to extinction refers to the extent to which a behavior continues after the extinction procedure has been implemented Its a measure of how long the behavior persists not the initial increase in its topography frequency or intensity While related to extinction it describes a different aspect Response blocking is a procedure that physically prevents the individual from engaging in the problem behavior Sam was not physically prevented from pushing the button the consequence of his action simply changed The text explicitly states the response can still occur Spontaneous recovery is the temporary reappearance of an extinguished behavior after a period in which the behavior was not emitted This occurs after the behavior has already decreased or ceased not at the onset of extinction when the behavior is temporarily increasing
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