During the covid-19 pandemic, many people began washing their hands after contact with potentially germy surfaces. One way to understand that increase in hand washing is that it is the product of negative reinforcement, maintained by fear reduction. What would the two-process model of negative reinforcement predict will happen to hand washing as the number of cases of covid begin to reduce?
Group of answer choices
Hand washing will reduce as a result of the extinction of fear
Hand washing will continue at a steady, high rate indefinitely
Hand washing will continue to increase in likelihood indefinitely
Hand washing will reduce as a result of negative punishment