PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Equivalence Class, Reinforcement, Matching Law
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Week 4 schedules of reinforcement, stimulus discrimination and. Chapter 8: developing behavioral persistence with schedules of reinforcement. Response rate: refers to the number of instances of behavior that occur in a given period of time; synonymous w/ response frequency but response rate is used more when talking about schedules of reinforcement. A schedule of reinforcement is a rule specifying which occurrences of a given behavior, if any, will be reinforced. The simplest is continuous reinforcement (crf) which is an arrangement in which each instance of a particular response is reinforced. The opposite of crf is operant extinction. Between the two extremes is intermittent reinforcement. While a behavior is being conditioned or learned, it is said to be in the acquisition phase. After it has become well learned, it is said to be in the maintenance phase. In a fixed-ratio (fr) schedule, a reinforcer occurs each time a fixed number of responses of a particular type are emitted.
