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A psychologist friend whom I just asked about this said that in animal models of behavior, this is called an "extinction burst." Animals that have been conditio
by tokenadult 14y ago
A psychologist friend whom I just asked about this said that in animal models of behavior, this is called an "extinction burst." Animals that have been conditioned into a behavioral response through operant conditioning will often be found, after a reward is no longer given for the conditioned response, repeating the response often and with random timing. Sometime human beings are trained by their computers rather than exercising volitional control over their computers.
- moheeb 14y agoHa! That totally reminded me of my dog. He begs and begs for a treat, and when he finally realizes he's not getting his nth treat that day he totally "extinction bursts" and starts ramming his head into things. Stand clear when he does that, he's a big dog!