Axiomempiricalv1
When a consistently reinforced behavior stops being
When a consistently reinforced behavior stops being reinforced, the behavior initially intensifies before declining (extinction burst).
Why This Is an Axiom
This is a well-documented empirical finding from behavioral psychology (Skinner's operant conditioning research). It is not derivable from other curriculum axioms — it is a fundamental principle of learning that the curriculum applies to boundary testing. All predictions about how people respond to new boundaries rest on this mechanism.