A procedure in which reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued and as a result, occurrences of that behavior decrease in the future is: a. Punishment. b. Extinction. c. Reinforcement. d. Establishing Operation.

b. Extinction.

Explanation:

According to Cooper, Heron, & Heward (2007), " Extinction as a procedure occurs when reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued; as a result, the frequency of that behavior decreases in the future."

An extinction procedure is  used in Applied Behavioral Analysis and it involves taking steps in deliberately  intervening to make a target behavior  to reduce the  frequency in  occurring or stop totally .  It generally means that if the reinforcement that initially triggers a behavior is discontinued, it will reduce the occurrence of such behavior in the long run.

i feel as if they would both catch on before to long because they would see them to frequent