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Technical Definition: The discontinuing of reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior; the primary effect is a decrease in the frequency of the behavior until it reaches a pre-reinforced level or ultimately ceases to occur. Submit a written translation of this technical definition into non-technical layman language and an everyday example. Refer to the grading rubric in the instructions document of this quiz for more information. Instructions: Submit a written translation of this technical definition into non-technical layman language AND submit an everyday example. You should have 2 parts to your answer: the everyday definition and the everyday example. Refer to the grading rubric below for more information. All assignments must be original work created for this course. Suspected use of AI or plagiarism may be verified with detection tools, as AI-generated content is considered plagiarism under Florida Institute of Technology’s academic integrity policy: https://www.fit.edu/provost/academic-guidelines/responsible-use-of-generative-ai-in-academic-work/. Submissions with high AI scores may be zeroed out completely or require a resubmission. Flagrant AI abuse may result in removal from the program.  Specific Behavior 0 Points 6 Points Translated definition is concise and avoids jargon words and acronyms (e.g., reinforcement, extinction, punishment, stimulus, environment, SR, R, etc.) Rephrasing is wordy and/or still contains jargon words and acronyms Translation is concise and omits all technical jargon and acronyms The behavior was previously reinforced Translated definition is inaccurate and does not describe a previously reinforced behavior Translated definition describes the behavior as being previously reinforced   The behavior is no longer reinforced The translated definition describes the behavior as contacting reinforcement. The definition describes the behavior as no longer contacting reinforcement Behavior is decreasing over time as a result of the lack of reinforcement Behavior is increasing, maintaining or there is no mention of future rate of response Behavior is decreasing over time as stated in the translated definition Uses effective everyday example that contains all the features of extinction Example is not an everyday example (i.e. a rat or pigeon example) or does not contain all the features of extinction Everyday example contains all the features of extinction including the behavior was previously reinforced, the behavior is no longer contacting reinforcement, and as a result behavior is decreasing over time Definition and Instructions repeated from above: Technical Definition: The discontinuing of reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior; the primary effect is a decrease in the frequency of the behavior until it reaches a pre-reinforced level or ultimately ceases to occur. Submit a written translation of this technical definition into non-technical layman language and an everyday example. Refer to the grading rubric in the instructions document of this quiz for more information. Instructions: Submit a written translation of this technical definition into non-technical layman language AND submit an everyday example. You should have 2 parts to your answer: the everyday definition and the everyday example. Refer to the grading rubric below for more information.