FRHD 3150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Reinforcement

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3150
• Professor: Michelle Preyde

Document Summary

Intermittent reinforcement: arrangement in which a behaviour is reinforced only occasionally rather than every time it occurs. Schedule of reinforcement: rule specifying which occurrences of a given behaviour, if any, will be reinforced. Continuous reinforcement: arrangement in which each instance of a particular response is reinforced. Free-operant procedure: one in which the individual is free to respond repeatedly in the sense that there is no constraints or successive responses. Discrete-trials procedure: a distinct stimulus is presented prior to an opportunity for a response to occur and be followed by reinforcement and the next response cannot occur until another stimulus is presented. Advantages of intermittent schedules over continuous reinforcement for maintaining. Reinforcer remains effective longer because satiation takes place more slowly. Behaviour that has been reinforced intermittently tends to take longer to extinguish. Individuals work more consistent on certain intermittent schedules. Behaviour that has been reinforced intermittently is more likely to persist after being transferred to reinforcers in the natural environment.