Operant Extinction

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Operant Extinction

be an example of a pitfall of operant extinction. Which type of pitfall does your example illustrate.
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_ Child in program for persons with developmental disabilities has been reinforced by an aide for dressing himself, aide goes on vacation and is replaced by new aide who is less familiar with principles of positive reinforcement and extinction, new aide spends much time helping children who cannot dress themselves and gives little attention to one child who does dress himself; partial-knowledge pitfall'. If a child's self-dressing is to be maintained after it has been established it must be reinforced at least occasionally.

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