PSY 011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Psych, Reinforcement

• School: Hofstra University
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 011
• Professor: Pineno

Document Summary

One thing about reinforcement must be mentioned as well before we continue: too much of a reinforcer may actually lead the behavior to lose its value to the person. Consider the example: if a person reads because they generally love it, then they don"t need to be rewarded for their behavior with a reinforcer besides their love of reading. If this person is suddenly being paid a certain amount of money per book that they read, they may begin to read simply for the money and not for the enjoyment of reading. Schedules of reinforcement: continuous reinforcement: a reinforcement schedule that can be summarized as being in a. 1:1 ratio; after every initiation of the behavior, the reinforcement is given intermittent reinforcement: also known as partial reinforcement; when behaviors are still rewarded, but not in a 1:1 ratio anymore. There are four main types of partial reinforcement. It is probably the most effective type of reinforcement schedule to.