PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Richard Herrnstein, Matching Law
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Intermittent reinforcement: an arrangement in which a behavior is positively reinforced only occasionally (i. e. , intermittently) rather than every time it occurs: response rate: the number of instances of a behavior that occur in a given period of time. The effect is that the behavior eventually decreases to a very low level or ceases altogether. It is best to provide crf during acquisition and then switch to intermittent reinforcement during maintenance. The length of the post reinforcement pause depends on the value of the fr the higher the value, the longer the pause. Finally, note that a response occurring before the specified interval ends has absolutely no effect on the occurrence of the reinforcer (e. g. , if you try to watch your favorite show on monday, Tuesda(cid:455), or wed(cid:374)esda(cid:455), (cid:455)ou (cid:449)o(cid:374)(cid:859)t see it (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause it does(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:272)o(cid:373)e o(cid:374) u(cid:374)til thursda(cid:455)): most of us rely on clocks to tell us when to do things that are reinforced on an fi schedule.
