RESURGENCE

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N., Pam M.S.
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A renewal of a response which has been reinforced and then stifled in an interval of extinction for another, secondarily learned response.

RESURGENCE: "In a display of resurgence, his habit became prominent again."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. FIXED-INTERVAL SCHEDULE (FI SCHEDULE)
  2. GRADIENT OF EFFECT
  3. RESISTANCE TO EXTINCTION
  4. SPONTANEOUS RECOVERY
  5. BEHAVIORAL CONTINGENCY
  6. DIFFERENTIAL EXTINCTION
  7. METHOD OF SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATIONS
  8. RECALL METHOD
  9. R-S INTERVAL
  10. SHOCK-SHOCK INTERVAL (SS INTERVAL)
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "RESURGENCE," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 28, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/resurgence/ (accessed October 23, 2020).
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