Reinforcing consequences continue to be important after verbal behavior has been acquired. Their principal function is then to maintain the response in strength . . . If reinforcements cease altogether through some change of circumstance, an operant grows weak and may effectively disappear in “extinction.” (p. 30)
Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Chapter 2: General Problems. Quote 17
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