observed in both operantly conditioned and classically conditioned behavior. When operant behavior that has been previously reinforced no longer produces reinforcing consequences the behavior gradually stops occurring
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The sixth mass extinction has already claimed its first victims: Humans
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Climate change is currently triggering the sixth mass extinction
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If humans disappeared, which species would dominate the Earth?
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