Schedules of Reinforcement

Schedules of Reinforcement

"The schedule of reinforcement for a particular behaviour specifies whether every response is followed by reinforcement or whether only some responses are followed by reinforcement"

- Miltenberger (2007, p.86)

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In an ______________ schedule of reinforcement only some responses are reinforced

Continuous

In a continuous schedule every instance of a desired behavior is reinforced

Intermittent or Partial Schedule

partial schedules only reinforce the desired behavior occasionally.Partial reinforcement schedules are described as either fixed or variable, and as either interval or ratio.

The four intermittent reinforcement schedules are:

Fixed interval schedule (FI)

Fixed ratio schedule (FR)

Variable interval schedule (VI)

Variable ratio schedule (VR

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In a -_________ schedule each instance of the response is reinforced

Schedules of reinforcement are the rules that control the timing and frequency of reinforcer delivery to increase the likelihood a target behavior will happen again, strengthen or continue

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A _________ ________

schedule provides a reward at consistent times

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A ________ _________

Reinforcement is delivered after a predictable number of responses

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A __________ _________

Reinforcement is delivered after an unpredictable number of responses