Escape and Avoidance Learning

________ are irrational (like escalators) not rational (like guns)

Early responding greatly reduces extent to which ________ can be extinguished.

reinforces the obsession by reducing anxiety.

Escape and ________ strengthen the behavior through removal of an aversive stimulus.

removal of specific reinforcer following the occurrence of problem behavior.

avoidance response occurs early in sequence of events.

Escape: when behavior terminates ________.

Time- out: loss of access to ________ for a brief period of time following problem behavior.

removing something that they like.

weakens the behavior through the application of an aversive stimulus or the removal of an appetitive stimulus.

adding something that they dont like.

________ maintains phobias.

when behavior terminates aversive stimulus

when behavior prevents aversive stimulus

avoidance response occurs early in sequence of events

adding something that they dont like

removing something that they like

removal of specific reinforcer following the occurrence of problem behavior

loss of access to positive reinforcers for a brief period of time following problem behavior

when behavior prevents aversive stimulus

False

True

persistent thoughts, impulses, or images