EDUC431 Chapter 8: EDUC431 Chapter 8

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Education
• Course: EDUC431
• Professor: Allison Gary

Document Summary

This schedule has a one-to-one ratio, or response; reinforcement: the process of reinforcing closer (successive) approximations to the target behavior is called shaping. Extinction: the rapid loss of behavior when reinforcement is withheld. Ratio schedules the number of times a target behavior occurs determines the timing of the reinforce delivery. Variable-response duration schedule (vrd: amount of time required for reinforcement varies but should equal out to an average, vrd 10 minutes would deliver reinforcement following an average of 10 minutes of appropriate behavior) Limited hold: a procedure used with interval schedules of reinforcement that restricts the time during which the reinforce is available. Variable-interval schedule: interval of times varies for reinforcement of the first responses. Variable-ratio schedule: number of appropriate responses required for reinforcement varies. Thinning: making reinforcement gradually available less often or contingent on greater amounts of appropriate behavior.