Schedules of Reinforcement

rewarding a behavior every time it occurs

• continuous reinforcement

• partial reinforcement

fixed interval reinforcement schedule

• gets the reinforcement based on varying amounts of time, which are unpredictable.

• a set number of responses that must occur before the behavior is rewarded.

• behavior is rewarded after a set amount of time.

• the number of responses needed for a reward varies.

variable interval reinforcement schedule

• behavior is rewarded after a set amount of time.

• set number of responses that must occur before the behavior is rewarded.

• set number of responses that must occur before the behavior is rewarded.

• gets the reinforcement based on varying amounts of time, which are unpredictable.

fixed ratio reinforcement schedule

• number of responses needed for a reward varies.

• a set number of responses that must occur before the behavior is rewarded.

• gets the reinforcement based on varying amounts of time, which are unpredictable.

• behavior is rewarded after a set amount of time.

Variable ratio reinforcement schedule

• gets the reinforcement based on varying amounts of time, which are unpredictable.

• behavior is rewarded after a set amount of time.

• there are a set number of responses that must occur before the behavior is rewarded

• the number of responses needed for a reward varies

• none of these

gambling fits into what schedule

• variable ratio

• fixed ratio

• variable interval

• fixed interval

if a doctor schedules the administration of medicine

• fixed ratio

• variable ratio

• fixed interval

• variable interval

earning commission

• fixed interval

• variable interval

• variable ratio

• fixed ratio

checking your email

• fixed ratio

• variable ratio

• variable interval

• fixed interval

founder of operant conditioning

• B.F. Skinner

• Sigmund Freud

• Jean Piaget