PSYB45H3 Chapter 8: Chapter 8
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Chapter 8: developing behavioural persistence with schedules of. Intermittent reinforcement arrangement in which a behaviour is positively reinforced only occasionally rather than every single time it happens. Response rate the number of instances of a behaviour that occur in a given period of time; also means the same as response frequency. Schedule of reinforcement rule that speci es which occurrences of a given behaviour, if any, will be reinforced. Continuous reinforcement (crf) each instance of a particular response is reinforced. Operant extinction opposite of crf; no instance of a behaviour is reinforced so the behaviour will eventually decrease a lot or just be gone. Intermittent reinforcement is in between crf and operant extinction lots of things in nature aren"t reinforced all the time; number of schedules is unlimited. Acquisition phase behaviour is being conditioned or learned; good to give crf. Maintenance phase after it"s well learned, it is in this phase; good to give intermittent reinforcement.
