PSY 200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Slot Machine, Operant Conditioning, Psy
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Timing of reinforcement from forming and strengthening operant behavior. Operant conditioning is stronger when reinforcers appear soon after a response occurs (drinking) Size of reinforcement from forming and strengthening operant behavior. Conditioning is faster when the reinforcer is large than it is small. Continuous reinforcement: a reinforcer is delivered every time a particular response occurs. Partial (intermittent) reinforcement: reinforcement is given only some of the time. In the garment industry, workers are often paid "by the piece" Checking your cell phone for new email can be a kind of variable ratio schedule, slot machine. Fish are caught after periods of waiting for fish to bite that vary in length. It can explain why superstitious behavior is so persistent to extinction. A phenomenon in which behaviors learned under a partial reinforcement schedule are more difficult to extinguish than those learned on a continuous reinforcement schedule.
