PSYC 351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Washing Machine, Reinforcement
23 Mar 2020
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This is still a ratio schedule because washing each car still depends on a set of number of responses or effort. No matter how many times you open the washing machine before the required time has passed, you will not be reinforced with clean clothes. Only once the cycle is finished will the clothes be clean and ready for you to take them out: fixed-interval scallop, as the time for the availability of the next reinforcer draws closer, the response rate increases. Vi schedules are found in situations where an unpredictable amount of time is required to prepare the reinforcer. \ ex: a mechanic who cannot tell you how long it will take to fix your car: as with fi schedules, the participant has to perform the instrumental response to obtain the reinforcer. Reinforcers are not just given because a certain amount of time has passed. Responding on each key is reinforced on some schedule of reinforcement.
