PSYC 3451 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Reinforcement, Motivation, Slot Machine

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3451
• Professor: Bright Terri

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Schedules of reinforcement: behavior is not necessarily going to be reinforced every time it occurs. In real life, behavior is not often reinforced each time it occurs: a reinforcement schedule is a rule stating which instances of behavior, if any, will be reinforced. Continuous reinforcement refers to reinforcement being administered to each instance of a response. Intermittent reinforcement lies between continuous reinforcement and extinction. Fixed ratio 1 -- fr1 http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=y-kc0ekayna (51s: variable schedules: the requirements for reinforcement change. Fixed schedules: the requirements for reinforcement are always the same. Five responses needed for reinforcement, x number responses reinforced: ratio schedules: reinforcement is based on the number of behaviors required. Interval schedules: reinforcement is based on the passage of time. ^^^ each slash is when reinforcement was delivered. If this rat were on a fi10s schedule, which responses would be reinforced: rat presses for 10 seconds, after 10 seconds the next bar press is reinforced.