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| schedule of reinforcement |
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| a rule that states under what conditions a reinforcer will be delivered |
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| each occurrence of a response produces a reinforcer |
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| intermittent or partial reinforcement |
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| some responses produce a reinforcer and others do not |
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| the particular pattern and rate of performance produced by different schedules |
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| 4 basic types of schedules |
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| ratio schedules, interval schedules, rate schedules, response independent schedules |
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| a reinforcer is delivered following a constant number of responses. FR 20 - 20th, 40th, 60th, etc, would be reinforced |
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| fixed ratio schedule effects |
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| post reinforcement pause, followed by a high rate of response run, followed by reinforcement, followed again by a post reinforcement pause. repeating pattern |
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| reinforcer is delivered following a variable number of responses which average to a certain number. VR 5 - 2, 10, 14, 20, 25, etc. are reinforced. |
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| variable ration schedule effects |
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| high, steady rate of responding |
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| first response after a fixed period of time has elapsed is reinforced. FI 60 - first response after 60 seconds producess a reinforcer and then the clock resets for another 60 seconds |
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| fixed interval schedule effects |
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| post reinforcement pause, followed by a gradual increase in response rates as interval progresses, followed by reinforcement, process starts over. scallops. |
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| variable interval schedules |
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| first response after a variable period of time produces a reinforcer. VI 10 - first response after a 5s interval, a 15s interval and a 10 s interval |
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| variable interval schedule effects |
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| slow and steady response rate |
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| thinning intermittent reinforcement |
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| most commonly gradually increasing the response ratio or the duration of the time interval |
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| result of abrupt increases in ratio requirements. characteristics include avoidance, aggression and unpredictable pauses in responding. |
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| reinforcement is contingent of the continuous performance of behavior for a fixed period of time |
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| progressive schedules of reinforcement |
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| systematically thins each successive reinforcement opportunity independent of the participant's behavior |
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| compound schedules of reinforcement |
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| combined elements of continuous reinforcement, the 4 intermittent schedules of reinforcement, differential reinforcement of various rates of responding and extinction. |
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| concurrent schedule of reinforcement |
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| occurs when two or more contingencies of reinforcement operate independently and simultaneously for two or more behaviors |
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| rate of responding typically is proportional to the rate of reinforcement received from each choice alternative. |
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| matching law in concurrent interval schedules |
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| participants typically do not allocate all of their responses exclusively to the richer schedule |
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| matching law in concurrent ratio schedules |
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| participants are sensitive to the ratio schedules and tend to maximize reinforcement by responding primarily to the ratio that produces the higher rate of reinforcement |
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| multiple schedules of reinforcement |
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| presents two or more basic schedules of reinforcement in alternating random sequence. A stimulus is correlated with each schedule and is present while that schedule is in effect |
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| chained schedules of reinforcement |
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| two or mroe basic schedules of reinforcement occuring in a specific order, behavior may be same for all elements or different behaviors may be required for different elements, conditioned reinforcement for first behavior in the chain is the presentation fo the second element and so on. |
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| mixed schedule of reinforcement |
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| same as multiple schedule, but no discriminative stimuli |
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